Entrée principale:

Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991.

Titre et auteur:

The shape of things : a philosophy of design / Vilém Flusser ; translated by Anthony Mathews.

Édition:

1st English ed.

Publication:

London : Reaktion, 1999.

Description:

1 online resource (126 pages)

Restrictions:

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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125).
Cover; The Shape of Things A Philosophy of Design; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; About the Word Design; Form and Material; War and the State of Things; About Forms and Formulae; The Designer's Way of Seeing; The Factory; The Lever Strikes Back; Shelters, Screens and Tents; Design: Obstacle for/to the Removal of Obstacles; Why Do Typewriters Go 'Click'?; The Ethics of Industrial Design?; Design as Theology; Wittgenstein's Architecture; Bare Walls; With As Many Holes As a Swiss Cheese; The Non-Thing 1; The Non-Thing 2; Carpets; Pots; Shamans and Dancers with Masks; The Submarine; Wheels
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Translated from the German.

Résumé:

This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher, Vilém Flusser.

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ISBN:

9781780232362
1780232365
1861890559
9781861890559

Sujet:

Design Philosophy.
Communication in design.
Aesthetics.
Philosophy.
Design Philosophie.
Communication en design.
Philosophie.
philosophy.
Vormgeving.
Theorieën.
Design.
Kunstteori.
Filosofi.
Formgivning Teori.
Industriell formgivning Filosofi.

Classification/genre:

Discursive works.
Collections

Vedettes secondaires:

Mathews, Anthony (Translator)

Philosophy of design