Design: A Crash Course - Couverture rigide

Clark, Paul; Freeman, Julian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0823009831 ISBN 13 : 9780823009831

Editeur : Watson-Guptill Pubns, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Clark Paul

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

DESIGN - A CRASH COURSE addresses a somewhat slippery subject. Ever since people started making things to help them live their lives there have been bright sparks who have said 'I'm sure there's a better way of doing that.' These people are variously called inventors, designers or know-alls. The word 'design' is from the French, meaning 'to draw' - so design is an activity that starts off with a drawing and leads to a thing. But that covers just about everything from the lightbulb to the space shuttle, so what is it that sets apart the people we call designers, and makes them different from artists and inventors? This little book is designed to reveal all, so read it and get an appreciation of the design revolution. DESIGN - A CRASH COURSE gives you the lowdown on the people who have made our world look the way it does and helps you untangle the difference between need, necessity and indulgence.

Biographie de l'auteur

Julian Freeman is the Co-ordinator for Historical and Contextual Studies at Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology. He is the author of many monographs and catalogues and a regular reviewer and contributor to periodicals such as APOLLO magazine and THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE.
Paul Clark teaches at the School of Historical and Critical Studies, University of Brighton. He has a long-standing interest in the history of technology and product design, having originally embarked on training as an industrial designer, before getting sidetracked into graphic design and, more recently, academia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Watson-Guptill Pubns
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0823009831
• ISBN 13: 9780823009831
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible