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The Idea of Design A Design Issues Reader 1995 285 pages Complementary Texts Richard Buchanan and Victor Margolin Keywords Copyright © 2000-2007 Isabel Pedersen |
Rudolph Arnheim’s essay “ Sketching and the Psychology of Design”, outlines many of the same beliefs that he expresses in his others works, including, Visual Thinking (1969). Richard Buchanan’s essay “Myth and Maturity: Toward a New Order in the Decade of Design” provides an interesting historical survey of Design as a profession. He draws mostly from Industrial design to explain the role of design in a corporate economy and the conflicts that arise in this situation. Yves Deforge's Avatars of Design: Design before Design, theorizes design as a noun more than a verb. “Design involves two functions: utilitarian and sign” (21). Both must be present, but they can appear in varying degrees. |