The Idea of Design

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-262-63166-2
Verlag: MIT Press Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

Reihe: The MIT Press

The essays, selected from volumes 4-9 of the international journal Design Issues, focus on three themes: reflection on the nature of design, the meaning of products, and the place of design in world culture.The Idea of Design is an anthology of essays that addresses the nature and practice of product design and graphic design in the contemporary world. The essays, selected from volumes 4-9 of the international journal Design Issues, focus on three themes: reflection on the nature of design, the meaning of products, and the place of design in world culture. The authors are distinguished scholars, historians, designers, and design educators. The diversity of their work illustrates the pluralistic and interdisciplinary dimensions of the idea of design in contemporary culture.Contributors
Rudolf Arnheim, S. Balaram, Richard Buchanan, A. Cheng, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Yves Deforge, Clive Dilnot, Alain Findeli, Jorge Frascara, Tony Fry, Rajeswari Ghose, Takuo Hirano, Martin Krampen, Laus Krippendorf, Tomas Maldonado, Victor Margolin, Abraham Moles, Victor Papanek, Gert Selle, Ann Tyler, Barbara UsherwoodA Design Issues Reader

Autoren/Hrsg.

Margolin, Victor

Buchanan, George Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign

Über Autor(innen)

Buchanan, George Richard
Mads Nygaard Folkmann is Associate Professor in the Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark.