Design: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) - Hardcover

McDermott, Catherine

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9780415320153: Design: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)
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ISBN 10: 0415320151 ISBN 13: 9780415320153
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This is the essential student’s guide to Design – its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:

  • international design – from Europe to Africa
  • design history – from Art Nouveau to punk
  • sustainable design, recycling and green design
  • design theory – from semiotics to gender, to postcolonialism
  • design technology, graphic design and the web.

Fully cross-referenced, with up-to-date guides for further reading, Design: The Key Concepts is an indispensable reference for students of design, design history, fashion, art and visual culture.

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About the Author

Catherine McDermott is Professor in the School of Design at Kingston University, London and a well known writer and curator on contemporary design. Her current projects includes work for the Design Council, Museums Association and a project working with African designers and curators.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415320151
ISBN 13 
9780415320153
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264
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