An anthology of essays addressing the nature and practice of contemporary product and graphic design, selected from volumes four through nine of the international journal Design Issues. Themes include reflection on the nature of design, the meaning of products, and the place of design in world culture. Includes b & w photos and illustrations. c. Book News Inc.
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Essays selected from Design issues. "The contents of this book were first published in Design issues (ISSN 0747-9360), vol. 4-9, a publication of The MIT Press.".
Formatted Contents Note
I. Reflecting on design; II. The meaning of products; III. Design and culture.
Wicked problems in design thinking / Richard Buchanan Avatars of design : design before design / Yves Deforge Moholy-Nagy's design pedagogy in Chicago (1937-1946) / Alain Findeli Graphic design : fine art or social science? / Jorge Frascara The future isn't what it used to be / Victor Papanek Sketching and the psychology of design / Rudolf Arnheim Myth and maturity : toward a new order in the decade of design / Richard Buchanan Semiotics in architecture and industrial/product design / Martin Krampen Shaping belief : the role of audience in visual communication / Ann C. Tyler The power of punctuation / Martin Solomon Design and order in everyday life / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Product symbolism of Gandhi and its connection with Indian mythology / S. Balaram The gift / Clive Dilnot On the essential contexts of artifacts or on the proposition that "design is making sense (of things)" / Klaus Krippendorf Design, development, culture, and cultural legacies in Asia / Rajeshwari Ghose A geography of power : design history and marginality / Tony Fry The development of modern Japanese design : a personal account / Takuo Hirano Line / A. Cheng Untimely opinions (an attempt to reflect on design) / Gert Selle The idea of comfort / Tomás Maldonado The Design Museum : form follows funding / Barbara Usherwood Design and immateriality : what of it in a post industrial society? / Abraham A. Moles Expanding the boundaries of design : the product environment and the new user / Victor Margolin.