The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900 (2nd edition)

In the Cowley area of Oxford, some three miles south of Matthew Arnold's “dreaming spires”, there is a stretch of road called Alec Issigonis Way. Justifiably, for this Turkish‐born engineer was single‐handedly responsible for the design of not one but two cars that went on to become icons of Britishness: the Morris Minor (1948), and the Mini (1959).

The 170‐word entry on Issigonis is one of over 500 in Guy Julier's concise but remarkably comprehensive dictionary of modern design. A preliminary subject index gives some impression of the book's range, including the broad headings Automobiles, Conferences, Exhibitions and Showrooms, Graphic...