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Art of Critical Making Rhode Island School of Design on Creative Practice

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ISBN-10: 1118517865

ISBN-13: 9781118517864

Edition: 2013

Authors: Rosanne Somerson, Mara Hermano, John Maeda

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Describes the world′s leading approach to art and design taught at Rhode Island School of Design At Rhode Island School of Design students are immersed in a culture where making questions, ideas, and objects, using and inventing materials, and activating experience all serve to define a form of critical thinking—albeit with one′s hands—i.e. "critical making," Thinking With Your Hands , by RISD faculty and staff, describes fundamental aspects of RISD′s approach to "critical making" and how this can lead to innovation. The process of making taught at RISD is deeply introspective, passionate, and often provocative. This book illuminates how RISD nurtures the creative process, from brief or…    
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Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 11/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

John Maeda is President of Rhode Island School of Design and former Associate Director of the MIT Media Lab. In 2008 Esquire magazine named Maeda one of the 75 most influential people of the twenty-first century. He is the author of The Laws of Simplicity (MIT Press, 2006) and other books.