Clean New World: Culture, Politics, and Graphic Design

by Maud Lavin

Book Overview

Our culture is dominated by the visual. Yet most writing on design reflects a narrow preoccupation with products, biographies, and design influences. Maud Lavin approaches design from the broader field of visual culture criticism, asking challenging questions about about who really has a voice in the culture and what unseen influences affect the look of things designers produce. Lavin shows how design fits into larger questions of power, democracy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262122375
• ISBN13: 9780262122375
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.3"