Design's dilemma between art and problem-solving /

"The design dilemma is based on the historic separation of design and art since the late Middle Ages. It describes the transformation of design from an art discipline to a problem-solving discipline. On the one hand, this great divergence is accompanied by myths that construct opposites of free...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zitzlsperger, Philipp (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from German into English.
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2024]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Art : from arts and craft to design. Aesthetics as a historical problem of design ; The great divergence ; From disegno to design
  • Industry : from design to service. Typenstreit and rebellion ; Standards and forms ; The narrative of loss of aura and quality
  • Pragmatism : the American conceptual style of design. Technology and teleology ; Form and function ; Pragmatism and problem-solving.