Design and truth /
Grudin, Robert,
Design and truth / Robert Grudin. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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.
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.
English.
9780300162035 (electronic bk.) 0300162030 (electronic bk.) 1299463576 9781299463578
10.12987/9780300162035 doi
22573/ctt112gz8 JSTOR
Ästhetik Zusammenstellung
Design.
Truth.
Design.
Vérité.
truth.
DESIGN--Decorative Arts.
DESIGN--Essays.
DESIGN--Product.
DESIGN--Reference.
PHILOSOPHY--Aesthetics.
Design.
Truth.
Design
Design.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
NK1505 / .G75 2010eb
745.401
Design and truth / Robert Grudin. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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.
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.
English.
9780300162035 (electronic bk.) 0300162030 (electronic bk.) 1299463576 9781299463578
10.12987/9780300162035 doi
22573/ctt112gz8 JSTOR
Ästhetik Zusammenstellung
Design.
Truth.
Design.
Vérité.
truth.
DESIGN--Decorative Arts.
DESIGN--Essays.
DESIGN--Product.
DESIGN--Reference.
PHILOSOPHY--Aesthetics.
Design.
Truth.
Design
Design.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
NK1505 / .G75 2010eb
745.401