By Design: Why There are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV, and Other Object Lessons - Softcover

Caplan, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070097771 ISBN 13: 9780070097773

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1984

Synopsis

Discusses the possibilities of design, the training of designers, and the ways in which industrial design affects our lives

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About the Author

Ralph Caplan writes about design for both professional and consumer publications, speaks about design to both professional and general audiences and consults with designers and their clients. His articles have appeared in magazines and journals such as Design Quarterly, Interior Design, The New York Times and House and Garden, and his other books include The Design of Herman Miller and the forthcoming Cracking the Whip, a series of essays on design and its side effects. He has a wide-ranging client list that includes the American Institute of Architects, the Center of Advanced Research in Design, the Office of Charles Ray Eames, Herman Miller Inc., IBM, CBS, The Smithsonian Institution, Hallmark Cards and UNESCO. Many design schools, universities with design departments, museums and professional design societies have invited Caplan to speak. A former editor-in-chief of I.D. magazine, he is also a Director Emeritus of the International Design Conference in Aspen.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070097771
• ISBN 13: 9780070097773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208