Design: the Key Concepts |
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| Author:
| McDermott, Catherine |
| Series title: | Routledge Key Guides |
| ISBN: | 978-1-134-36180-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the essential student's guide to Design - its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:
- international design - from Europe to Africa
- design history - from Art Nouveau to punk
- sustainable design, recycling and green design
- design theory - from semiotics to gender, to postcolonialism
- design...
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This is the essential student's guide to Design - its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:
- international design - from Europe to Africa
- design history - from Art Nouveau to punk
- sustainable design, recycling and green design
- design theory - from semiotics to gender, to postcolonialism
- design technology, graphic design and the web.
Fully cross-referenced, with up-to-date guides for further reading, Design: The Key Concepts is an indispensable reference for students of design, design history, fashion, art and visual culture.