Book
The spirit of design : objects, environment, and meaning
Record details
- ISBN: 9781849713634 (hb)
- ISBN: 1849713634 (hb)
- ISBN: 9781849713641 (pb)
- ISBN: 1849713642 (pb)
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Physical Description:
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x, 258 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Sambo's Stones -- Sustainability And Meaningful Objects -- 3. Following Will-o'-the-Wisps and Chasing Ghosts -- Re-Directing Design Through Practice-Based Research -- 4. After Taste -- Power And Prejudice Of Product Appearance -- 5. Extant Objects -- Seeing Through Design -- 6. Sermons in Stones -- Argument And Artefact For Sustainability -- 7. Gentle Arrangements -- Artefacts Of Disciplined Empathy -- 8. Chimera Reified -- Design, Meaning And The Post-Consumerism Object -- 9. Spirit of Design -- Notes From The Shakuhachi Flute -- 10. Wrapped Attention -- Designing Products For Evolving Permanence And Enduring Meaning -- 11. Temporal Objects -- Design, Change And Sustainability -- 12. Meaning in the Mundane -- Aesthetics, Technology And Spiritual Values -- 13. Wordless Questions -- Physical, The Virtual And The Meaningful -- 14. Epilogue. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Product design -- Environmental aspects Sustainable design Human ecology Material culture |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | TS171.4 .W35 2011 (Text) | 30233979 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
