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Frédéric Metz explique comment le design influence notre vie quotidienne, souvent à notre insu. Pour mieux en saisir la définition, il présente des exemples concrets puisés dans notre environnement. Ainsi, en regardant de près une banale tasse blanche, on découvre qu'il y a 50 ans un designer réputé a pensé à ajouter en dessous trois petites encoches qui facilitent(...)
Design?: beauté et fonction du passées au cible
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Frédéric Metz explique comment le design influence notre vie quotidienne, souvent à notre insu. Pour mieux en saisir la définition, il présente des exemples concrets puisés dans notre environnement. Ainsi, en regardant de près une banale tasse blanche, on découvre qu'il y a 50 ans un designer réputé a pensé à ajouter en dessous trois petites encoches qui facilitent l'égouttement complet de l'eau à la sortie du lave-vaisselle. Une amélioration à peine perceptible qui montre que le bon design repose fréquemment sur d'infimes détails. Ces petites idées ingénieuses, basées sur de la simple logique, font toute la différence. Or, s'il y a de bons designs, il y a aussi de mauvais designs. Qui n'a pas cherché le bouton de sortie dans un ascenseur alors que la marche à suivre devrait être claire au premier coup d'oil ? Partout des indications contradictoires ou indéchiffrables nous font commettre des erreurs. Que ce soit un mode d'emploi, un panneau de signalisation ou un site web, les directives devraient être simples afin de nous procurer une expérience sans souci plutôt que frustrante. Résolument moderne, le design vise le travail bien fait, indémodable, intemporel, car un emballage attirant, un logo remarquable ou un objet conçu intelligemment ne perdent jamais de leur valeur.
Design Theory
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Values such as 'access' and 'inclusion' are unquestioned in the contemporary educational landscape. But many methods of addressing these issues - installing signs, ramps, and accessible washrooms - frame disability only as a problem to be 'fixed.' The Question of Access investigates the social meanings of access in contemporary university life from the perspective of(...)
The question of access : disability, space, meaning
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Values such as 'access' and 'inclusion' are unquestioned in the contemporary educational landscape. But many methods of addressing these issues - installing signs, ramps, and accessible washrooms - frame disability only as a problem to be 'fixed.' The Question of Access investigates the social meanings of access in contemporary university life from the perspective of Cultural Disability Studies. Through narratives of struggle and analyses of policy and everyday practices, Tanya Titchkosky shows how interpretations of access reproduce conceptions of who belongs, where and when.
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Since the introduction of the personal computer in the early 1980s, many objects have been designed to have capabilities well beyond their immediate use or appearance. Whether openly and actively or in subtle, subliminal ways, these objects talk to us, and we have come to expect interaction with them. Contemporary designers, besides giving objects form and function, write(...)
Talk to me: design and communication between people and objects
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Since the introduction of the personal computer in the early 1980s, many objects have been designed to have capabilities well beyond their immediate use or appearance. Whether openly and actively or in subtle, subliminal ways, these objects talk to us, and we have come to expect interaction with them. Contemporary designers, besides giving objects form and function, write their initial scripts--the foundation for useful and satisfying conversations. This publication focuses on projects that involve such direct interaction--including interfaces, websites, video games, devices and tools, and information systems--as well as installations that establish practical, emotional, or even sensual connections to cities, companies, governmental institutions, or other individuals. The featured objects range in date from the late 1980s to today, with particular attention given to the last five years and projects currently in development. Organized thematically, it introduces design practices that are increasingly crucial to our world and demonstrates how rich and deep the influence of design will be on our future.
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Participate considers historical and contemporary models of creation that provide ideas for harnessing user-generated content through participatory design. The authors discuss how designers can lead the new breed of widely distributed amateur creatives rather than be overrun by them.
Participate: designing with user-generated content
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Participate considers historical and contemporary models of creation that provide ideas for harnessing user-generated content through participatory design. The authors discuss how designers can lead the new breed of widely distributed amateur creatives rather than be overrun by them.
Design Theory
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"The Business of Design" debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive. From billing to branding, client management to marketing and licensing, this publication reveals the tools necessary to create and run a thriving design business in today's ultra-competitive marketplace.
The business of design: balancing creativity and profitability
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"The Business of Design" debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive. From billing to branding, client management to marketing and licensing, this publication reveals the tools necessary to create and run a thriving design business in today's ultra-competitive marketplace.
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The A-Z of Visual Ideas explains the key ideas, sources of inspiration and visual techniques that have been used throughout design history. Showing where ideas and inspiration come from, the book provides numerous strategies to help unlock the reader's creativity. Looking at everything from, Art to Zeitgeist, Intuition and Instinct to Happy Accidents and Hidden Messages,(...)
The A-Z of visual ideas: how to solve any creative brief
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The A-Z of Visual Ideas explains the key ideas, sources of inspiration and visual techniques that have been used throughout design history. Showing where ideas and inspiration come from, the book provides numerous strategies to help unlock the reader's creativity. Looking at everything from, Art to Zeitgeist, Intuition and Instinct to Happy Accidents and Hidden Messages, the book also features a section explaining how to use the idea or technique. Including hundreds of quotes and packed with examples of advertising campaigns, posters, book and magazine covers and illustrations.
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Interior design helps to shape all aspects of our lives and has now come of age both intellectually and professionally. This text sets out to change and clarify the perceptions and misconceptions about contemporary interior design by examining some of the key issues that define what it is, how it is different from architecture, what specific skills it requires and what(...)
Rethinking design and interiors : human beings in the built environment
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Interior design helps to shape all aspects of our lives and has now come of age both intellectually and professionally. This text sets out to change and clarify the perceptions and misconceptions about contemporary interior design by examining some of the key issues that define what it is, how it is different from architecture, what specific skills it requires and what design problems it solves. The book also aspires to provide new creative possibilities which can help not only to expand and distinguish the discipline but also elevate its stature and esteem. Provocatively written by one of the foremost educators and practitioners in the field, this book will be essential for all interior design students and teachers, as well as appealing to practitioners.
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In Evocative Objects, Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things. These essays reveal objects as emotional and intellectual companions that anchor memory, sustain relationships, and provoke new ideas. These days, scholars show new interest in the importance of the concrete. This volume's special(...)
Evocative objects : things we think with
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In Evocative Objects, Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things. These essays reveal objects as emotional and intellectual companions that anchor memory, sustain relationships, and provoke new ideas. These days, scholars show new interest in the importance of the concrete. This volume's special contribution is its focus on everyday riches: the simplest of objects - an apple, a datebook, a laptop computer - are shown to bring philosophy down to earth. The poet contends, "No ideas but in things." The notion of evocative objects goes further: objects carry both ideas and passions. In our relations to things, thought and feeling are inseparable. Whether it's a student's beloved 1964 Ford Falcon (left behind for a station wagon and motherhood), or a cello that inspires a meditation on fatherhood, the intimate objects in this collection are used to reflect on larger themes - the role of objects in design and play, discipline and desire, history and exchange, mourning and memory, transition and passage, meditation and new vision.
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A Modern World draws upon the renowned collection of American decorative arts at the Yale University Art Gallery to explore the appearance and dissemination of modern design in the United States. This catalogue organizes roughly 300 examples of silver, glass, industrial design, furniture, medals, jewelry, and printed textiles into thematic groups that chart the aesthetic(...)
A modern world: American design from the Yale University Art Gallery 1920-1950
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A Modern World draws upon the renowned collection of American decorative arts at the Yale University Art Gallery to explore the appearance and dissemination of modern design in the United States. This catalogue organizes roughly 300 examples of silver, glass, industrial design, furniture, medals, jewelry, and printed textiles into thematic groups that chart the aesthetic and social trends that defined American design from the Jazz Age to the Space Age.
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En 1995, la D a publié un ouvrage sur l'écriture publicitaire. Bien qu'aujourd'hui épuisé, cette publication demeure un livre de référence. D et TASCHEN ont joint leurs efforts pour proposer une nouvelle édition, revue et mise à jour pour inclure des réalisations de ces 15 dernières années. Considéré comme la spécialité la plus difficile dans le domaine de la publicité,(...)
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En 1995, la D a publié un ouvrage sur l'écriture publicitaire. Bien qu'aujourd'hui épuisé, cette publication demeure un livre de référence. D et TASCHEN ont joint leurs efforts pour proposer une nouvelle édition, revue et mise à jour pour inclure des réalisations de ces 15 dernières années. Considéré comme la spécialité la plus difficile dans le domaine de la publicité, le "copywriting", l'écriture publicitaire, est la plupart du temps confié aux professionnels les plus chevronnés - souvent les directeurs d'agences de publicité, ou encore les propriétaires eux-mêmes. Ce volume comprend une sélection de travaux et d'articles réalisés par 48 designers.
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