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Informationen zum Autor Ralph Caplan writes about design for both professional and consumer publications, speaks about design to both professional and general audiences, and consults with designers and their clients. His articles have appeared in magazines and journals such as Design Quarterly, Interior Design, The New York Times and House and Garden, and his other books include The Design of Herman Miller and By Design: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons. He has a wide-ranging client list that includes the American Institute of Architects, the Center of Advanced Research in Design, the Office of Charles Ray Eames, Herman Miller Inc., IBM, CBS, The Smithsonian Institution, Hallmark Cards and UNESCO. Many design schools, universities with design departments, museums and professional design societies have invited Caplan to speak. A former editor-in-chief of ID magazine, he is also a Director Emeritus of the International Design Conference in Aspen. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays, intended for student designers, this book looks at design, whether in clothes, hardware, posters, cars, airports, chairs, lighting, vending machines, cities or bathrooms. It is on how we use design, language and instinct to navigate our everyday world. It is useful as a foundation for student designers. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Identity Crises: How identities are traded in, how they are stolen, designed, and redesigned* Object lessons: How we are shaped by our own artifacts and our attitudes toward them* For Sale: We express ourselves by buying and selling, often instead of thinking and communicating better* Being There: About our sense of place, regional diversity, and where we live and where we visit* Now and Then and Next: On the shock of the new, the persistence of the old, and the expectation of a future
