Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (216 pages)
,
illustrations (chiefly color)
ISBN:
9780300162035
,
0300162030
,
1299463576
,
9781299463578
Inhalt:
Robert Grudin explores the role of design in our daily lives, focusing especially on how political & economic powers impress themselves on us through the built environment
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
pt. 1. Homage to Rikyu: design, truth, and power. Sen no Rikyu and the paradox of innovation -- Good design tells the truth -- What design and truth say about each other -- Design as tragedy: the rise and fall of the Twin Towers -- Edsel's law: how bad design happens -- Designs of darkness -- Face to face with design -- pt. 2. Homage to Vasari: design, knowledge, and energy. Giorgio Vasari and the permutations of design -- The lady in the picture: design and revelation in Renaissance art -- In Jefferson's footsteps: modes of self-design -- Jefferson's gravestone: metaphorical extensions of design -- Liberty as a knowledge design -- Corporate redesign and the business of knowledge -- Designing time -- The design of private knowledge -- Epilogue. Designing truth.
,
English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Grudin, Robert Design and truth New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010 ISBN 9780300171310
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
FULL
((OIS Credentials Required))
URL:
FULL
((OIS Credentials Required))
Bookmarklink
