Covering five major areas of domestic design, International Design Yearbook 15 devotes separate chapters to furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products created over the past 18 months by well-known designers and new names from around the world. This year's selection has been made by internationally acclaimed lighting designer Ingo Maurer.As a special feature for this millennial edition, the previous editors have contributed their personal assessment of where design stands as we approach a new century.