Appearance of the Form - Four Essays on the Position Designing Takes Between People and Things

Originally published in 1985 this book explores, in four interwoven essays, the many ways human life and built form interact and the place that professional designing takes in this interaction. Together, the essays touch on a number of ideas: the idea that our position in space relative to the thing we are designing determines the methods we apply when designing it; the idea that designing is about making proposals, and is therefore a social act first of all; and the idea that agreements, consensus and above all conventions shape the act of designing things independent of their creative qualities.

List of contents

Preface  1. Sharing  2. Designing  3. Seeing  4. Controlling  Illustrations  Endnotes

Summary

Originally published in 1985, The Appearance of the Form includes four essays considering how the physical objects that we live with appear in our human culture.

Product details

• Authors: N.J. Habraken, N.j. (Massachusetts Institute of Technol Habraken
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780367857806
• ISBN: 978-0-367-85780-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / General, Industrial / commercial art & design, Building construction & materials, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Building construction and materials