The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliar.

The Journal of William Morris

The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliar ... The writing is lively and erudite. An enthusiasm for the subject and a conviction that contemporary craft is both significant and beneficial pervades the book allowing Racz to claim that craft is 'arguably now more important than at any time since the industrial revolution.'

Jim Cheshire, University of Lincoln, UK, The Journal of William Morris Studies

Imogen Racz's book, Contemporary Crafts, offers an interesting and rounded discussion of most of the issues and ideas that have concerned us over the last period ... This is a good, terse and useful volume.

Paul Greenhalgh, Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, USA, Journal of Design History (Vol 22.4)