Design and truth /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grudin, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010]
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Homage to Rikyu : design, truth, and power. Sen no Rikyu and the paradox of innovation
  • Good design tells the truth
  • What design and truth say about each other
  • Design as tragedy : the rise and fall of the Twin Towers
  • Edsel's law : how bad design happens
  • Designs of darkness
  • Face to face with design
  • Pt. 2. Homage to Vasari : design, knowledge, and energy. Giorgio Vasari and the permutations of design
  • The lady in the picture : design and revelation in Renaissance art
  • In Jefferson's footsteps : modes of self-design
  • Jefferson's gravestone : metaphorical extensions of design
  • Liberty as a knowledge design
  • Corporate redesign and the business of knowledge
  • Designing time
  • The design of private knowledge
  • Epilogue. Designing truth.