Design and Designing: A Critical Introduction

ISBN 10: 1847885764 / ISBN 13: 9781847885760

Published by Berg Publishers, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design and Designing: A Critical Introduction
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847885764
• ISBN 13: 9781847885760
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Design and Designing will provide the reader with a very broad and critical understanding of what is an essentially practical subject. Designing today is less a craft and more a part of the knowledge economy. It's all about knowing how to acquire knowledge and how to creatively apply it.

Design and Designing covers the design process, modeling and drawing, working with clients, production and consumption, sustainability, professional practice and design futures. Chapters are written by expert teachers and practitioners from around the globe, each aiming to present an accessible and engaging overview of their part of Design. Chapters are illustrated with a wide range of images and information boxes, which extend or highlight key material. Each section concludes with a Design Project, a hands-on activity for the reader.

Design and Designing covers the full range of the subject from graphic communication, to product design, to fashion and games design, setting all in their aesthetic, ethical and social contexts. The aim is for the reader to learn from today's best practice and best thinking, to develop a critical sense, to become the designers of tomorrow.

About the Author

Steve Garner has led some of the UK's most innovative and popular design courses, most recently as Professor of Design at The Open University, UK.

Chris Evans has 20 years' design and management experience with major companies and leads the teaching of Design at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.