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Tricky Design: The Ethics of Things
Tom Fisher
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Description for Tricky Design: The Ethics of Things
Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Tom; Gamman, Lorraine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 BW illus. BIC Classification: AC; AKP; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Tricky Design responds to the burgeoning of scholarly interest in the cultural meanings of objects, by addressing the moral complexity of certain designed objects and systems. The volume brings together leading international designers, scholars and critics to explore some of the ways in which the practice of design and its outcomes can have a dark side, even when the intention is to design for the public good. Considering a range of designed objects and relationships, including guns, eyewear, assisted suicide kits, anti-rape devices, passports and prisons, the contributors offer a view of design as both progressive and ... Read more
Tricky Design responds to the burgeoning of scholarly interest in the cultural meanings of objects, by addressing the moral complexity of certain designed objects and systems. The volume brings together leading international designers, scholars and critics to explore some of the ways in which the practice of design and its outcomes can have a dark side, even when the intention is to design for the public good. Considering a range of designed objects and relationships, including guns, eyewear, assisted suicide kits, anti-rape devices, passports and prisons, the contributors offer a view of design as both progressive and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474277181
SKU
V9781474277181
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Ref
99-1
About Tom Fisher
Tom Fisher is Professor in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Lorraine Gamman is Professor of Design at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK.
Reviews for Tricky Design: The Ethics of Things
In the past forty years the focus of design has broadened considerably. It is about time we addressed the bad and the ugly as well as the good designers do, and this book does just that. A valuable resource for everyone interested in the role of design in society.
Rachel Cooper OBE, Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy ... Read more
Rachel Cooper OBE, Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy ... Read more