Understanding Design - Softcover

Dorst, Kees

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9063691491 ISBN 13: 9789063691493

Verlag: BIS Publishers, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

This enlarged edition of Understanding Design contains more than 170 essays and has been updated with the latest insights in design science. What does it mean to be a designer and what does it take to be a good designer? Understanding Design stimulates designers to think about what they do, how they do it and why they aim for a certain effect. The precisely formulated mini-essays give insight into the design process and encourage reflection. The topics covered include fundamental questions about the designer’s profession, the qualities needed to become a good designer and the role that design plays in the broader context of commerce and society, everything directly related to the experience and practice of designing. Understanding Design supplies the reader with an informative panorama of the creative craft of the designer. Author Kees Dorst, academic, teacher, consultant and designer with international experience, challenges designers and students to reflect on the many aspects of their profession. The pointed, concise texts and incisive questions contribute to developing professionals with a self-assured attitude to their work in the design field. Understanding Design is a source book for academies and universities worldwide. This edition has been expanded, updated with the latest design science (for students and practitioners) and completely revised with a new index and an extended bibliography.

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Kees Dorst was trained as an Industrial Design Engineer at the University of Technology in Delft, Holland. He currently is Associate Dean Research and Professor of Design at the University of Technology, Sydney - and Senior Researcher in design at Eindhoven University of Technology. He brought about 50 products to market as a product designer for various design firms.

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This is a book every designer would wish to have had in design school. And it's such a good read that it will appeal to designers from all disciplines in every stage of their career.
Professor Kees Dorst - Dutch design scholar, educator, consultant and practitioner - presents 175 provoking essays to stimulate designers to think about what they do, how they do it, why and to what effect. An exploration of design to inspire and give insight, absolutely humbug free.
Together, the enjoyable essays in this book provide a panoramic view over the subject of design. The essays are written to encourage designers and students of design to reflect upon their field. Fundamental questions are raised about the nature of design, about designers themselves, and about the role of design within the broader contexts of business and society.
There are no definitive answers in this book: the readers are challenged to construct their own solutions by considering their own experiences as a designer or design student. The essays are clear, inspirational stepping stones on the path towards becoming a truly conscious professional in the field of design.
The first edition of Understanding Design has been adopted as course material by design schools the world over. This second edition offers a completely revised text and 25 more reflections!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BIS Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9063691491
• ISBN 13: 9789063691493
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 268
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