Design and truthRobert Grudin.
Grudin, Robert.
Design and truthRobert Grudin. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 1. Homage to Rikyu: design, truth, and power. Sen no Rikyu and the paradox of innovation -- Good design tells the truth -- What design and truth say about each other -- Design as tragedy: the rise and fall of the Twin Towers -- Edsel's law: how bad design happens -- Designs of darkness -- Face to face with design -- part 2. Homage to Vasari: design, knowledge, and energy. Giorgio Vasari and the permutations of design -- The lady in the picture: design and revelation in Renaissance art -- In Jefferson's footsteps: modes of self-design -- Jefferson's gravestone: metaphorical extensions of design -- Liberty as a knowledge design -- Corporate redesign and the business of knowledge -- Designing time -- The design of private knowledge -- Epilogue. Designing truth.
Robert Grudin explores the role of design in our daily lives, focusing especially on how political and economic powers impress themselves on us through the built environment.
9780300162035
Design.
Truth.
Electronic Books.
NK1505 / .D475 2010
Design and truthRobert Grudin. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 1. Homage to Rikyu: design, truth, and power. Sen no Rikyu and the paradox of innovation -- Good design tells the truth -- What design and truth say about each other -- Design as tragedy: the rise and fall of the Twin Towers -- Edsel's law: how bad design happens -- Designs of darkness -- Face to face with design -- part 2. Homage to Vasari: design, knowledge, and energy. Giorgio Vasari and the permutations of design -- The lady in the picture: design and revelation in Renaissance art -- In Jefferson's footsteps: modes of self-design -- Jefferson's gravestone: metaphorical extensions of design -- Liberty as a knowledge design -- Corporate redesign and the business of knowledge -- Designing time -- The design of private knowledge -- Epilogue. Designing truth.
Robert Grudin explores the role of design in our daily lives, focusing especially on how political and economic powers impress themselves on us through the built environment.
9780300162035
Design.
Truth.
Electronic Books.
NK1505 / .D475 2010