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The Nature and Aesthetics of Design

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: A & C Black Publishers Ltd 2002 .Description: 160pISBN:
  • 9780713652864
Uniform titles:
  • The Nature and Aesthetics of Design
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.4 SID-B-9171
Summary: This is David Pye's classic book on the theory of design. In it, he explores the many facets of good design, including the relationship of aesthetics with function. Art and Science. Energy. Results. Invention and design distinguished The six requirements for design The geometry of a device Techniques. Skill. Invention: analogous results We can wish for impossibilities. Utility, Improvement, Economy The requirements conflict. Compromise. Useless work. Workmanship Architecture. Inventing the objects 'Function' and fiction The designer's responsibility The aesthetics of design Perception and looking Taste and style Originality The common ground between visual art and music. What we really see
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This is David Pye's classic book on the theory of design. In it, he explores the many facets of good design, including the relationship of aesthetics with function.
Art and Science. Energy. Results.
Invention and design distinguished
The six requirements for design
The geometry of a device
Techniques. Skill.
Invention: analogous results
We can wish for impossibilities. Utility, Improvement, Economy
The requirements conflict. Compromise.
Useless work. Workmanship
Architecture. Inventing the objects
'Function' and fiction
The designer's responsibility
The aesthetics of design
Perception and looking
Taste and style
Originality
The common ground between visual art and music. What we really see

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