Design and Violence

by Anne-Marie Slaughter

An unprecedented examination of design's ability to effect, defuse, obfuscate or unveil manifestations of violence in contemporary society

Design has a history of violence. It can be an act of creative destruction and a double-edged sword, and yet professional discourse around design has been dominated by voices that only trumpet its commercial and aesthetic successes. Violence, defined here as the power to alter circumstances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870709682
• ISBN13: 9780870709685
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 10.6"