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Excluded from traditional design history and educational canons that heavily favor European modernist influences, the work and experiences of Black designers have been systematically overlooked in the profession for decades. However, given the national focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the aftermath of the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests in the United(...)
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February 2022
The black experience in design: identity, expression & reflection
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Excluded from traditional design history and educational canons that heavily favor European modernist influences, the work and experiences of Black designers have been systematically overlooked in the profession for decades. However, given the national focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the aftermath of the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, educators, practitioners, and students now have the opportunity to make long-term, systemic changes in design education, research, and practice, reclaiming the contributions of Black designers in the process. This anthology centers on a range of perspectives, spotlights teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations from a Black/African diasporic lens. Through the voices represented, this text exemplifies the inherently collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of design, providing access to ideas and topics for a variety of audiences, meeting people as they are and wherever they are in their knowledge about design. Ultimately, this book serves as both inspiration and a catalyst for the next generation of creative minds tasked with imagining, shaping, and designing our future.
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Femmes designers
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Né à l'aube du XXe siècle, le design a grandi dans un monde masculin, celui de l'industrie, des ingénieurs et des architectes. Les femmes ont longtemps été les grandes absentes du secteur. Certaines ont pourtant joué un rôle clé dans l'histoire du mobilier et plus largement de l'habitat. Entre Rodin et Camille Claudel, on sait aujourd'hui faire la différence. Peut-on en(...)
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Né à l'aube du XXe siècle, le design a grandi dans un monde masculin, celui de l'industrie, des ingénieurs et des architectes. Les femmes ont longtemps été les grandes absentes du secteur. Certaines ont pourtant joué un rôle clé dans l'histoire du mobilier et plus largement de l'habitat. Entre Rodin et Camille Claudel, on sait aujourd'hui faire la différence. Peut-on en dire autant des pièces de Le Corbusier et de Charlotte Perriand ? Près d'un siècle plus tard, elles occupent le premier plan. Créatrices indépendantes, éditrices, galeristes, commissaires d'expositions, elles se sont emparées de la discipline à tous les niveaux. De Marianne Brandt, icône du Bauhaus, à Zaha Hadid en passant par Andrée Putman ou Matali Crasset, cet ouvrage passe en revue, à travers plus de 300 documents, les plus grands noms du design, de l'Art Nouveau à aujourd'hui.
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Artists' lists shed uncover a host of unbeknownst motivations, attitudes, and opinions about their work and the work of others. Lists presents almost seventy artifacts, including 'to do' lists, membership lists, lists of paintings sold, lists of books to read, lists of appointments made and met, lists of supplies to get, lists of places to see, and lists of people who are(...)
Lists to-dos, illustrated inventories, collected thoughts, and other artists
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Artists' lists shed uncover a host of unbeknownst motivations, attitudes, and opinions about their work and the work of others. Lists presents almost seventy artifacts, including 'to do' lists, membership lists, lists of paintings sold, lists of books to read, lists of appointments made and met, lists of supplies to get, lists of places to see, and lists of people who are 'in.' At times introspective, humorous, and resolute, but always revealing and engaging, Lists is a unique firsthand account of American cultural history that augments the personal biographies of some of the most celebrated and revered artists of the last two centuries.
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The language of things : design, luxury, fashion, art : how we are seduced by the objects around us
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? In this book, Design Museum Director Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship — both innocent and knowing — with all things designed. Brilliant and courageous, "The Language of Things" defines the visual vocabulary of our time and gives us a powerful new way of seeing the world. With up to one(...)
The language of things : design, luxury, fashion, art : how we are seduced by the objects around us
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? In this book, Design Museum Director Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship — both innocent and knowing — with all things designed. Brilliant and courageous, "The Language of Things" defines the visual vocabulary of our time and gives us a powerful new way of seeing the world. With up to one hundred colour illustrations throughout, this book itself is both a provocative and beautiful thing.
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It is not a book about colors. It is rather Kenya Hara’s attempt to explore the essence of "White", which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics – symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed by the author in this publication are emptiness and the absolute void. Good communication is the ability to listen to each(...)
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It is not a book about colors. It is rather Kenya Hara’s attempt to explore the essence of "White", which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics – symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed by the author in this publication are emptiness and the absolute void. Good communication is the ability to listen to each other, rather than to press one’s opinion onto the opponent. Kenya Hara compares this form of communication with an "empty container". In visual communication, there are equally signals whose signification is limited, which, like an "empty container," permit signification and do not limit imagination. The Japanese character for white also forms a radical of the character for emptiness.
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Verbale scritto
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Verbale scritto is a collection of some short texts by Munari, taken from many of hs books. From the aphorisms to the Japanese haiku, Munari’s verbal inventions create sparkles in every direction and about many subjects: from art to design, to common non-usable thing to everyday objects.
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Verbale scritto is a collection of some short texts by Munari, taken from many of hs books. From the aphorisms to the Japanese haiku, Munari’s verbal inventions create sparkles in every direction and about many subjects: from art to design, to common non-usable thing to everyday objects.
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Communication, espace, image
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La communication visuelle constitue aujourd'hui une partie fondamentale de notre expérience quotidienne. Les affiches dans la rue, les campagnes publicitaires, les images qui circulent entre nouveaux médias et médias traditionnels alimentent nos imaginaires, nos valeurs et nos actions. La sémiologue Giorgia Aiello nous propose une lecture engagée des images dans(...)
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La communication visuelle constitue aujourd'hui une partie fondamentale de notre expérience quotidienne. Les affiches dans la rue, les campagnes publicitaires, les images qui circulent entre nouveaux médias et médias traditionnels alimentent nos imaginaires, nos valeurs et nos actions. La sémiologue Giorgia Aiello nous propose une lecture engagée des images dans lesquelles nous sommes immergées au jour le jour. Les textes qui sont réunis dans cet ouvrage visent à complexifier nos visions et compréhensions des paysages sémiotiques qui peuplent nos espaces urbains. A travers l'analyse de différents exemples, de Starbucks à Getty Images, de Magnum Photo à Manifattura Tabacchi à Bologne, l'autrice nous propose une approche critique de l'esthétique mondialiste contemporaine.
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Le design institue un rapport ambivalent à notre culture matérielle. Il produit à la fois l'objet de série, fini et prêt à l'usage et le prototype mis en oeuvre au sein de l'enchevêtrement de croquis et de maquettes, comme matériau actif et ouvert de développement du geste inventif. Comment une même culture industrielle peut-elle induire deux rapports aux objets si(...)
La zone obscure : Vers une pensée mineure du design
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Le design institue un rapport ambivalent à notre culture matérielle. Il produit à la fois l'objet de série, fini et prêt à l'usage et le prototype mis en oeuvre au sein de l'enchevêtrement de croquis et de maquettes, comme matériau actif et ouvert de développement du geste inventif. Comment une même culture industrielle peut-elle induire deux rapports aux objets si différents ? En sondant les zones obscures qui les séparent, il s'agit de défricher une voie mineure dans la compréhension des pratiques de conception et d'engager un rapport renouvelé à la matérialité du monde. La zone obscure (LZO) de Vincent Beaubois interroge la discipline du design à l'aune de la conceptualité de Gilbert Simondon, l'un des rares philosophes français à s'être très tôt intéressé aux objets techniques. Beaubois s'oppose à une pensée majeure du design, d'essence industrielle, pour promouvoir au contraire une « pensée mineure du design » qui, contre l'idéologie du projet, privilégierait les notions de diagramme et de prototype. Il faudra donc « se défaire du design comme simple outil de développement pour en faire un vecteur d'intensification et de problématisation de notre rapport au monde ».
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Synesthetic design strives to develop products that systematically incorporate all five senses. In future, the current wealth of medical technical insights in psychology, physiology, motor functions, and neurology and the development of innovative materials with astonishing new properties will open up almost unlimited opportunities for the designer s creativity. Haverkamp(...)
Synesthetic design: handbook for a multisensory approach
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Synesthetic design strives to develop products that systematically incorporate all five senses. In future, the current wealth of medical technical insights in psychology, physiology, motor functions, and neurology and the development of innovative materials with astonishing new properties will open up almost unlimited opportunities for the designer s creativity. Haverkamp brings together for the first time precisely those aspects of this fundamental knowledge that are specifically relevant for designers. The result is a clear and well-organized handbook that offers designers of all schools a a solid foundation for their own designs. Michael Haverkamp has been working on the concept of multi-sensory design for many years; he is an internationally recognized expert on sound design and synesthesia research in general.
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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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