New edition of this seminal 1953 study of lighting for the modern eraShowcasing mid-century modern design that is as relevant now as everMore than 250 original images show the design trends of important manufacturers from America, Scandinavia, Germany and ItalyApart from numerous lesser known designs, one can also see lighting by prominent artists, designers and architectsEssential for collectors and afficiandos of 20th-century lighting and designIn 1953 Alexander Koch published his book Neuzeitliche Leuchten. Nowadays Koch"s then selection of lighting by international designers and manufacturers seems truly visionary. He presents a spectrum of diverse designs, whose origins lay not only in the addition of basic geometrical shapes as with the pre-war avant-gardists, but also in the respective temperaments of the different countries of origin. It is very apparent that after the war America, Scandinavia and Italy exerted a strong influence on designs hitherto rather dominated by Bauhaus...