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The Idea of Design

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Title

The Idea of Design

Abstract/Description

The essays, selected from volumes 4-9 of the international journal Design Issues, focus on three themes: reflection on the nature of design, the meaning of products, and the place of design in world culture. The Idea of Design is an anthology of essays that addresses the nature and practice of product design and graphic design in the contemporary world. The essays, selected from volumes 4-9 of the international journal Design Issues, focus on three themes: reflection on the nature of design, the meaning of products, and the place of design in world culture. The authors are distinguished scholars, historians, designers, and design educators. The diversity of their work illustrates the pluralistic and interdisciplinary dimensions of the idea of design in contemporary culture.

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Publisher

MIT Press

Resource type

Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

Published Text

Scholarship genre

Theoretical

Open access/full-text available

No

Peer reviewed

No

ISBN

978-0-262-63166-2

Citation

Margolin, V., & Buchanan, R. (Eds.). (1995). The Idea of Design. MIT Press.

Num pages

316

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