Design Studies: A Reader

Incredibly inclusive, this is essential reading for students and teachers of Design Studies in any context. A superlative collection of authoritative contributions from many of the most influential writers on design, past and present. Paul Atkinson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK A book that works for students or anyone else with the slightest interest in design. New York Daily News A critical snapshot of what's vital now in global comparative critical thinking on Design. The clearly structured and framed sets of key essays disclose the full reach and power of the myriad acts of designing that create our realities and, increasingly, narrow our future options. Lisa Norton, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA The Reader combines new interpretations with influential texts that have shaped Design thinking over the last thirty years. It shows how Design is becoming more complex and how the emerging discipline of Design Studies has risen to this challenge. It will be an essential resource for students. Suzette Worden, Curtin University of Technology, Australia The Reader will become a standard reference for the subject. It establishes the field for all those interested in Design and its impact on the contemporary world. The Reader offers an informed overview of ways of engaging with the central themes of Design such as ethics, globalization, identity and gender. Jeremy Aynsley, Royal College of Art, UK An extraordinarily valuable resource for students in all areas of Design. It opens up endless fields of inquiry and also affirms 'Design Studies' as the only theoretical framework which encompasses all the richness and multiplicity of Design both conceptually and globally. Eduardo Corte-Real, IADE Design School, Portugal A wonderful and richly engaging book that would be invaluable to any student both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study to draw upon as a one-stop companion and reliable point of reference. The Design Journal As a design educator, I've been waiting for a smart compilation of design essays for my graduate 3D design students. Until now, I've used my own mix of 'greatest hits' essays to inform our reading seminars. This year I began using this compilation with my graduate students. I like the way the book is structured by contemporary topics. The content is smart, contemporary and concise - excerpting the most relevant reading from each essay. I'd recommend this book to any student with an interest in the intellectual-big-picture of design. Amazon.com - Scott Klinker (Cranbook Academy of Art, USA) If you're looking to do a little self-education this fall, this just might be the book for you. Amy Azzarito, Apartment Therapy Blog Provides a great deal of food for thought for beginning design students from numerous subdisciplines and is also a good refresher for more advanced scholars. Design Issues ...the project was not merely conceived as a gathering exercise but explicitly seeks to contribute to contemporary design writing. Artefact