Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design

by Vilém Flusser

This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher Vil m Flusser. It puts forward the view that our future depends on design. In a series of insightful essays on such ordinary "things" as wheels, carpets, pots, umbrellas and tents, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationships between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Just as formal creativity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861890559
• ISBN13: 9781861890559
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.7" x 7.8"