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

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Author:
Flusser, Vilém 1920-1991  Search this
Mathews, Anthony  Search this
Physical description:
126 pages ; 20 cm
Type:
Texts
Date:
1999
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 -- Biographical Note
Summary:
This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher, Vilém Flusser.
Topic:
Design--Philosophy  Search this
Communication in design  Search this
Aesthetics  Search this
design  Search this
filosofi  Search this
form  Search this
materialer  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083311