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Design as Inquiry: Prospects for a Material Philosophy (Board of International Research in Design) - Softcover
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This book examines design as a mode of philosophical inquiry, proposing that design gains critical relevance when it engages the material and technological structures that shape everyday life. Rather than offering solutions, it foregrounds design as a practice of questioning―one that reframes problems, visualizes tensions, and materializes ideas to make them thinkable. Through this lens, design becomes a method of understanding the world rather than transforming it through predetermined visions. The book argues that the real power of design lies in developing tools: tools that construct alternative worlds for reflection, and tools that help us perceive the existing world anew. In doing so, it positions design as an intellectual practice capable of expanding both our conceptual and material horizons.
- Design as a practice of questioning
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Björn Franke ist Designer und Designtheoretiker und derzeit Senior Lecturer in Designtheorie und -praxis an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book examines design as a mode of philosophical inquiry, proposing that design gains critical relevance when it engages the material and technological structures that shape everyday life. Rather than offering solutions, it foregrounds design as a practice of questioning-one that reframes problems, visualizes tensions, and materializes ideas to make them thinkable. Through this lens, design becomes a method of understanding the world rather than transforming it through predetermined visions. The book argues that the real power of design lies in developing tools: tools that construct alternative worlds for reflection, and tools that help us perceive the existing world anew. In doing so, it positions design as an intellectual practice capable of expanding both our conceptual and material horizons.Design as a practice of questioningTools to reflect and understandNew Volume within BIRD. Seller Inventory # 9783035631449
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Design as Inquiry | Prospects for a Material Philosophy | Björn Franke | Taschenbuch | Board of International Research in Design | 388 S. | Englisch | 2026 | Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH | EAN 9783035631449 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. Seller Inventory # 136902371
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