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The Essence of Things investigates the motifs and motivations of reduction in design, particularly industrial design. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, it considers the importance of technological and economic conditions, as well as the dialogue between design and art and the changing ethical standards applied to design. Color illustrations and descriptions of more than 160 objects accompany (bilingual) articles by Dirk Baecker, Martin Hartung, Wiebke Lang and Mathias Schwartz-Clauss.
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The Essence of Things investigates the motifs and motivations of reduction in design, particularly industrial design. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, it considers the importance of technological and economic conditions, as well as the dialogue between design and art and the changing ethical standards applied to design. Color illustrations and descriptions of more than 160 objects accompany (bilingual) articles by Dirk Baecker, Martin Hartung, Wiebke Lang and Mathias Schwartz-Clauss.
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The Essence of Things : Design and the Art of Reduction
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Die Essenz der Dinge. Design und die Kunst der Reduktion = The essence of things. Design and the art of reduction.
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Die Essenz der Dinge: Design und die Kunst der Reduktion = The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction
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Essenz der Dinge. The essence of things. Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, Alexander von Vegesack (ed.)
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