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Thinking Contemporary Curating
Independent Curators International 2012; US$ 19.95What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory... more...
Design and Anthropology
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 114.95Design and Anthropology challenges conventional thinking regarding the nature of design and creativity, in a way that acknowledges the improvisatory skills and perceptual acuity of people. Combining theoretical investigations and documentation of practice based experiments, it addresses methodological questions concerning the re-conceptualisation of... more...
Citizen Designer
Constable & Robinson 2003; US$ 5.82What does it mean to be a designer in today?s corporate-driven, overbranded global consumer culture? Citizen Designer attempts to answer this question with more than 70 debate-stirring essays and interviews espousing viewpoints ranging from the cultural and the political to the professional and the social. Edited by two prominent advocates of socially... more...
Designing To Avoid Disaster
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 34.95Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of housing prices, all stem from what author Thomas Fisher... more...
Designlandschaft Österreich
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 46.00»Designlandschaft Österreich«offeriert einen leicht fassbaren Überblick über die österreichische Designkultur von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart; dies vor dem Hintergrund der äußerst bewegten Industriegeschichte des Landes. Dabei werden die wesentlichen Aspekte in Form von Essays renommierter Experten erläutert. more...
Digital Design for Print and Web
Wiley 2010; US$ 75.00The all-inclusive guide—from theory to practice—for print and Web design Any well-conceived print or Web design features the dynamic interplay between visual artistry and technical skill. It becomes important, therefore, for the designer to cultivate an aesthetic eye as well as develop a high degree of computer savvy. By combining basic... more...
Arts & Crafts
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95?Bewahren Sie nichts in Ihren Häusern auf, was Sie nicht als nützlich erachten oder wirklich schön finden.? Allein dieses Zitat von William Morris könnte schon als erklärende Zusammenfassung der Arts and Crafts-Bewegung dienen, die in England eine Reform des Kunstgewerbes hervorrief. Diese von John Ruskin gegründete und von William Morris erst richtig... more...
Le Mouvement Arts & Crafts
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95« N?ayez rien dans vos maisons que vous ne considérez pas utile ou croyez être beau. » Cette citation de William Morris pourrait résumer à elle seule les Arts & Crafts, mouvement unique qui, en Angleterre, provoqua une véritable réforme des arts appliqués. Fondés par John Ruskin, puis véritablement mis en ?uvre par William Morris, les Arts & Crafts... more...
The Arts & Crafts Movement
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95?Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.? This quote alone from William Morris could summarise the ideology of the Arts & Crafts movement, which triggered a veritable reform in the applied arts in England. Founded by John Ruskin, then put into practice by William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement promoted... more...
Design and Aesthetics
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 46.95Design and Aesthetics: A Reader is a comprehensive student reader on design history and aesthetic theory. It includes contributions from many of the writers whose work has been foundational to these two fields, including classic articles by Raymond Williams and Roger Scruton, and newer articles which provide an overview of current concerns and debates.... more...









