The Designed World: Images, Objects, Environments - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847885853 ISBN 13: 9781847885852

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. He is editor of Discovering Design, The Idea of Design, and Pluralism in Theory and Practice. Dennis Doordan is Professor of Architectural and Design History at Notre Dame University. He is author of Twentieth Century Architecture and editor of Design History: An Anthology. Victor Margolin is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His books include Design Discourse, Discovering Design, The Idea of Design, The Struggle for Utopia, and The Politics of the Artificial.

Review:

This text brings together key essays from the journal Design Issues that cover the life of a designed object from conception and fabrication to evaluation. Times Higher Education Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847885853
• ISBN 13: 9781847885852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Buchanan Richard, Doordan Dennis, Margolin Victor