Adversarial Design

by Carl DiSalvo

Book Overview

An exploration of the political qualities of technology design, as seen in projects that span art, computer science, and consumer products.

In Adversarial Design, Carl DiSalvo examines the ways that technology design can provoke and engage the political. He describes a practice, which he terms "adversarial design," that uses the means and forms of design to challenge beliefs, values, and what is taken to be fact. It is not simply applying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262528223
• ISBN13: 9780262528221
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher