This is the essential student’s guide to Design – its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including: international design – from Europe to Africa design history – from Art Nouveau to punk sustainable design, recycling and green design design theory – from semiotics to gender, to postcolonialism design technology, graphic design and the web. Fully cross-referenced, with up-to-date guides for further reading, Design: The Key Concepts is an indispensable reference for students of design, design history, fashion, art and visual culture.
| ISBN: | 9780415320153 |
| Publication date: | 20th November 2007 |
| Author: | Catherine Kingston University, UK McDermott |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Key Guides |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics The Arts: art forms Reference works Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration History of art |