Shape of Things A Philosophy of Design

Name: Shape of Things A Philosophy of Design
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ISBN: 9781861890559

ISBN-10: 1861890559

ISBN-13: 9781861890559

Edition: 1999

Authors: Vilï¿½m Flusser, Vilï¿½m Flusser

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Description:

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

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 12/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 4.75" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



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