The Designed World: Images, Objects, Environments - Hardcover

Bloomsbury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847885861 ISBN 13: 9781847885869

Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

We now live in a designed world and we need to develop a better understanding of how to discuss and critique its design components. The essays presented here - selected from the preeminent journal, Design Issues - are intended to enhance our collective understanding of the wide reach of design in the contemporary world. The book is structured to cover the life of a designed object or project from conception and fabrication to evaluation. The essays are divided into themed sections, with each section separately introduced and each concluded with further reading. The Designed World aims to break down the often rigid boundaries between history, theory and criticism. Despite the wide range of subjects discussed, the book highlights the commonalities across all aspects of design. The reader will be invaluable to students, scholars and practitioners across the field of design.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Buchanan is Professor of Design, Management and Information Systems at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Dennis Doordan is a design educator, historian, critic, museum consultant and co- editor of Design Issues. Victor Margolin is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847885861
• ISBN 13: 9781847885869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Victor Margolin, Richard Buchanan, Dennis P. Doordan