Grudin, Robert. <br/><br/>
Design and truthRobert Grudin. 

 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (216 pages) :  illustrations (chiefly color). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300162035 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Design.<br/>Truth.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NK1505  / .D475 2010