UID:
kobvindex_INT0000058
Format:
295 pages :
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illustrations (chiefly colour) ;
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24.5 x 17.5 cm.
Edition:
2nd revised edition.
ISBN:
9783035604030 (pbk.)
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3035604037 (pbk.)
Uniform Title:
Design : Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis der Produktgestaltung.
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "The most important fundamental principles of design theory and methodology are presented in this book, looking in particular at the communicative function of products and highlighting aspects such as corporate and service design, design management, strategic design, interface/interaction design and human design." -- "For students of design, professional product designers, and anyone interested in design equally indispensable: the fully revised and updated edition of the reference work on product design. The book traces the history of product design and its current developments, and presents the most important principles of design theory and methodology, looking in particular at the communicative function of products and highlighting aspects such as corporate and service design, design management, strategic design, interface/interaction design and human design."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: 1st edition published 2005.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Preface -- Design as a concept -- DESIGN AND HISTORY : Retrospective ; The Bauhaus ; The Ulm School of Design ; The example of Braun ; German Democratic Republic ; From good design to the art of design -- DESIGN AND GLOBALIZATION -- DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY : Epistemological methods in design ; Semiotics and design ; Phenomenology and design ; Hermeneutics and design ; Developments in design methodology -- DESIGN AND THEORY : The information aesthetics approach ; The influence of critical theory ; On the road to disciplinary design theory ; Aspects of a disciplinary design theory ; On the communicative function of design ; The formal aesthetic functions ; The marking functions ; The symbolic functions ; From product language to product semantics -- DESIGN AND ITS CONTEXTS : From corporate design to service design ; From design management to strategic design ; Architecture and design ; Utopias, visions, concepts, and trends ; Design and society -- DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY : Microelectronics and design -- Outlook -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Subject index -- Picture credits.
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LANGUAGE NOTE: translation from the German language edition: Design : Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis der Produktgestaltung. 4. Auflage. Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, 2015.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Handbooks and manuals
