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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. Klappentext Shows how design affects human activities. This illustrated book of stories illuminates the process! as it applies to industrial design! interior design! fashion design! graphic design and the design of business and social situations. It is an accompaniment to foundation courses for designers-in-training! and is useful to professionals. Zusammenfassung Shows how design affects human activities. This illustrated book of stories illuminates the process, as it applies to industrial design, interior design, fashion design, graphic design and the design of business and social situations. It is an accompaniment to foundation courses for designers-in-training, and is useful to professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis * The Possibilities of Design ... the misplaced art of making things right* The Professional Emergence ... where industrial designers came, and are coming, from* The Way Things Mean ... what goes on between us and our artifacts* The Prop ... what chairs are for* A Pride of Camels ... we are all designers* Suitable for Framing ... is design art?* The Design of Possibilities ... the shift from object to situation* Making Connections: The Designer as Universal Joint ... object lessons in the work of Charles and Ray Eames* The More Things Change, The More We Stay The Same ... design and society respond to change and each otherTEXT FEATURES* New chapter explores the design response to technological changes, discusses heightened public awareness, and the opportunities it offers* Discusses and explains the theories of green design and universal design* Examines the work of Charles and Ray Eames to show how their practice encompassed product design, interiors, architecture and film making...
