| Description |
181 pages ; 21cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. What is a designer? -- 2. Is a designer an artist? -- 3. Design education: principles -- 4. What is good design? -- 5. Problems with method. The artist: Toltec poem -- 6. Designer as artisan -- 7. Reading for design -- 8. Summary: students as designers -- 9. Explanation -- 10. How is design work done? -- 11. Communication for designers -- 12. Simple graphics: a strategy -- 13. Drawings and models -- 14. Survey before plan -- 15. Asking questions -- 16. Reports and report writing -- 17. Booklist -- 18. Advice for beginners -- 19. Questioning design -- 20. Conference report -- 21. Matchbox maxims -- 22. The Bristol experiment -- 23. Text references |
| Summary |
"This book is addressed to students and practitioners of architecture and design. What is a designer does more than pose (or answer) a neat question. It sets forth the conditions under which designing is itself an open question, and under which design decisions - and artefacts - must show themselves to be socially answerable. Designers will find in this book a spirited account of their calling, and an exposition of central traditions in the modern movement. Students and teachers will find a wealth of discussion, drawn directly from the author's experience. Now revised and republished in this fourth edition, What is a designer returns as a standard account of its subject."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed: 1989 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architectural design.
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Design -- Textbooks.
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Design -- Study and teaching.
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Design.
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Industrial design.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| LC no. |
00002348 |
| ISBN |
0907259162 (paperback) |
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