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Design: The Key Concepts
Contributor(s): McDermott, Catherine (Author)
ISBN: 041532016X     ISBN-13: 9780415320160
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $28.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2007
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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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Design | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 745.4
LCCN: 2007015236
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 264 pages
 
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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.