This yearbook brings together 300 of the best designs from 2003. This year's selection has been made by New York-based furniture and product designer Karim Rashid. In a radical change to the yearbook's traditional format, furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles and products are grouped thematically according to international design trends: RetroFuturo, Nukitsch, Phenomena, Organic, Embellishment, Multiplicity, Minimum and Techno. The book is illustrated throughout in colour and many images are accompanied by extended captions explaining their form, function and innovations. Full technical data is given for each object and a comprehensive reference section is included with designers' biographies and a list of suppliers.