The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change

Lima, Manuel

ISBN 10: 0262047632 / ISBN 13: 9780262047630

Published by The MIT Press, 2023

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"The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change" by Manuel Lima. Published in 2023 by the MIT Press. Uncorrected Proof (ARC) "How to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world. Blending approaches derived from ethics, psychology, economics, and ecology, The New Designer is a vital, field-changing treatise that will appeal to any reader who seeks to understand design s massive influence on the contemporary world." Book is Brand New! Great condition! Your purchase supports a small business. We want you to love your book so customer service is important to us! All orders come with a FREE bookmark! Shop my Abebooks store and save on shipping!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262047632
• ISBN 13: 9780262047630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • 2023 New Releases
  • Nonfiction
  • Business

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Synopsis

How to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world.

The choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics rather than ethics. In The New Designer, acclaimed author Manuel Lima aims to change this by challenging common myths and preconceptions about what comprises good design. He argues that designers must take responsibility for the personal, societal, cultural, and environmental impact of their work, rather than simply following a standard template.

As he covers fields ranging from graphic design to industrial design to user-experience design, Lima identifies the major steps that designers must take to be a force for good in the world. Rather than sticking to outmoded ideas about perfectionism and individual genius, designers must work together to tackle some of the most challenging questions of the twenty-first century. How do you make room for humanity, with all its wondrous variations, in a society increasingly driven by metrics, algorithms, and profit? How can ecologically responsible designers consider a product’s entire life cycle and look well into the future? And how can designers better respond to a community’s local needs while taking advantage of global networks?

Blending approaches derived from ethics, psychology, economics, and ecology, The New Designer is a vital, field-changing treatise that will appeal to any reader who seeks to understand design’s massive influence on the contemporary world.

About the Author

Manuel Lima is an internationally renowned designer and author of three bestsellers: The Book of Circles, The Book of Trees, and Visual Complexity. Named “one of the 50 most creative and influential minds” by Creativity magazine, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a regular lecturer at conferences around the world.