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8%OFFBill Stumpf - Ice Palace That Melted Away: How Good Design Enhances Our Lives - 9780816637300 - V9780816637300
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Ice Palace That Melted Away: How Good Design Enhances Our Lives

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Description for Ice Palace That Melted Away: How Good Design Enhances Our Lives Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.

In Bill Stumpf’s incisive book, he argues that good design is not about fashion, but about quality of life. The ice palace of the title refers to an elaborate construction built in St. Paul in 1992; for Stumpf, this castle symbolizes a sense of community and a love of play that has been lost in the wake of America’s quest for speed and efficiency. Among his pet peeves are cramped airplanes, run-down taxis, aspirin bottle caps, malls, burglar alarms, and grocery bags with no handles. Things don’t have to be this way, he assures us, as he offers many whimsical ... Read more

"In a sometimes rambling, occasionally crotchety, often nostalgic, but consistently engaging book, Stumpf exhorts us to recapture those qualities that he classifies as ‘civility.’" Publishers Weekly

"Some of the best moments in Stumpf’s small book of reflections come in his doubts about the work of colleagues who believe that doing something has got to be better than just standing there." Los Angeles Times

"A creative plea for better design." Washington Post


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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816637300
SKU
V9780816637300
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