Lenses for Design

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-956313-66-6
Verlag: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

Josh Owen presents an overview, project by project, of his industrial design process.

Lenses for Design describes and explains the unique, creative process of American industrial designer and educator, Josh Owen. Project by project, Owen illustrates and decodes his philosophy and approach to design inventionand problem solving. His designs combine clarity of purpose and functional efficacy with emotive and tactile qualities that will prove instructive and inspirational.

JOSH OWEN is a designer and professor of Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. His work has been featured at the Venice Biennale and is in the permanent design collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Chicago Athenaeum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Taiwan Design Museum, among others. Significant manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe produce his home/design, furniture, and office products.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owen, Josh

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

v Dedication
vii In Search of the Essence of Things
Mathias Schwartz-Clauss
ix Enlightened Lessons Scott Klinker
xi Preface
1 Introduction
25 Sharp Focus
Cause and Effect
Creating Efficiencies
Exploring Parameters
One Way
47 Soft Focus
Simple Pleasures
Power of Suggestion
On Walkabout
Serious Play
Applied Metaphysics
69 Macro Focus
Considering the Void
Mutualism
Things in Midlife
Proximal Relationships
95 Micro Focus
Anachronistic Adaptation
Teaching Tools
Analog Life
Ritual Objects
113 Blurred Focus
Visual Sampling
Adaptive Reuse
Temporal Graffiti
Alchemy
131 Deconstructed Lens
Cultural Resonance
A Holistic Approach
Product Family
191 Universal Form
Kathryn B. Hiesinger
193 Normative Extremes
Nathaniel Popkin
195 Conclusion
217 Appendix
229 Acknowledgments
233 Photo Credits
235 Index

Über Autor(innen)

Owen, Josh
Josh Owen is a designer and professor of Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. His work has been featured at the Venice Biennale and is in the permanent design collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Chicago Athenaeum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Taiwan Design Museum, among others. Significant manufacturers in the US and Europe produce his home/design, furniture, and office products, which are regularly featured in design books, periodicals and in critical design discourse. Owen's "Build" and "Meta" design academic projects have successfully pioneered integrated practice pedagogy for the field of Industrial Design.