Design History and the History of Design

by Jonathan A. Walker and John A. Walker

Book Overview

An essential overview as well as a theoretical critique for all students of design history. Walker studies the intellectual discipline of Design History and the issues that confront scholars writing histories of design. Taking his approach from a range of related fields, he discusses the problems of defining design and writing history. He considers the different methods that leading scholars have used in the absence of a theoretical framework, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745302742
• ISBN13: 9780745302744
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 264 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.3" x 8.5"