Writing Design: Words and Objects

by Grace Lees-Maffei

How do we learn about the objects that surround us? As well as gathering sensory information by viewing and using objects, we also learn about objects through the written and spoken word - from shop labels to friends' recommendations and from magazines to patents. But, even as design commentators have become increasingly preoccupied with issues of mediation, the intersection of design and language remains under-explored.Writing Design provides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847889557
• ISBN13: 9781847889553
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.5"