Design by Use : The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things

Uta Brandes

ISBN 10: 3764388676 / ISBN 13: 9783764388676

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, 2008

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Neuware - This publication explores and analyzes a very special kind of design the phenomenon, as normal as it is wonderful, in which people with no formal training in design take things that have already been designed and reuse them, convert them to new uses, in short, 'misuse' them in the very best sense of the word. Non-intentional design (NID) goes on every day, in every area of life, in every region of the world. Redesign through reuse makes things multifunctional and cleverly combines them to generate new functions. It is often reversible, resource-friendly, improvisational, innovative, and economical. It can become a source of inspiration for design, provided professional designers look up and take notice of what actually happens to all the things they design when they are used. ; Diese Publikation erforscht und analysiert eine ganz besondere Form von Design: das ebenso normale wie wunderbare Phänomen, dass Menschen ohne Designanspruch bereits gestaltete Dinge umnutzen, anders nutzen, im besten Sinne 'missbrauchen'. Nicht Intentionales Design (NID) findet täglich, in jeder Lebenssphäre, in allen Teilen der Welt statt. Diese Umgestaltung durch Umnutzung macht die Dinge multifunktional, kombiniert mit kluger Erfindung neue Funktionen. Sie ist häufig reversibel, ressourcenschonend, improvisierend, innovativ, preiswert. Für das Design kann es zu einer Quelle der Inspiration werden, wenn die professionellen Designer erst einmal wahrnehmen, was im praktischen Gebrauch mit all den gestalteten Dingen tatsächlich geschieht.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design by Use : The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764388676
• ISBN 13: 9783764388676
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 224W x 179H x 34D millimeters 224 millimeters width by 179 millimeters height by 34 millimeters depth
• Weight: 540 grams

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Synopsis

This publication explores and analyzes a very special kind of design – the phenomenon, as normal as it is wonderful, in which people with no formal training in design take things that have already been designed and reuse them, convert them to new uses, in short, "misuse" them in the very best sense of the word. Non-intentional design (NID) goes on every day, in every area of life, in every region of the world. Redesign through reuse makes things multifunctional and cleverly combines them to generate new functions. It is often reversible, resource-friendly, improvisational, innovative, and economical. It can become a source of inspiration for design, provided professional designers look up and take notice of what actually happens to all the things they design when they are used.

About the Authors

Uta Brandes ist Professorin für Design-Forschung und für Gender und Design an der Köln International School of Design (KISD)

Uta Brandes is a professor of design research and gender and design at the Cologne International School of Design (KISD).