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Design by Use
The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things, Board of International Research in Design
ISBN/EAN: 9783764388676
Umbreit-Nr.: 1990923
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 192 S., 210 farbige Illustr., 210 col. ill.
Format in cm: 1.6 x 22.8 x 17.5
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 02.10.2008
Auflage: 1/2009
- Zusatztext
- This publication explores and analyzes a very special kind of design – the phenomenon, as normal as it is wonderful, in which people with no formal training in design take things that have already been designed and reuse them, convert them to new uses, in short, "misuse" them in the very best sense of the word. Non-intentional design (NID) goes on every day, in every area of life, in every region of the world. Redesign through reuse makes things multifunctional and cleverly combines them to generate new functions. It is often reversible, resource-friendly, improvisational, innovative, and economical. It can become a source of inspiration for design, provided professional designers look up and take notice of what actually happens to all the things they design when they are used.
- Kurztext
- Jointly published with the Board of International Research in Design
- Autorenportrait
- Uta Brandes ist Professorin für Design-Forschung und für Gender und Design an der Köln International School of Design (KISD)