Written by Peter Stansky
"This study examines the influence of William Morris on design in the 1880s and argues that this decade, with its important political challenges, also saw a revolution in design - a change in how people viewed the world. Considering verious aspects of Morris's extraordinary career as designer, socialist, politician, businessman, and poet, Peter Stansky also focuses on his influence onthe next generationof artists, craftsmen, and designers, who were spreading Morris's ideas on design."