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Thinking Design looks at ‘design’ in its broadest sense and shows how design originates in ‘human need’ which is not only physical but also psychological, socio-cultural, ecological and spiritual. The book calls for broad-based, socially integrated designs with a large global vision that offer creative solutions to a variety of subjects rather than providing multiplicity of objects. Exploring the course taken by design during the time of Gandhi and in the following era, the author advocates the need for service - or process-oriented designs in contrast to product-oriented designs.
The book explores the history of traditional design and its evolution. On one hand it takes the reader through the cultural-roots of design, and, on the other, it explores new technologies and their applications in design.
A remarkable feature of the book is the way its narrative is enlivened with case studies detailing design inventions, interspersed with tales of Mullah Nasiruddin that provide a tongue-in-cheek take on aspects of design.
This book will be an insightful reference for design professionals, academics and students in institutes conducting research on design and for those in the industrial/technical design departments of Engineering colleges.
Design and Rule: Design Colonisation
Design and Rule: Design Colonisation
Colonialism and Design
The design situation in the contemporary developing world has dramatically changed recently. India is but an example. Design has become the new exhilarating profession and the designer, the new star. After the liberalisation policies of the present government, design, particularly the kind that boosts exports or boosts consumerism, is seen as the key activity in India's economic success. Design and designers are appearing regularly in newspapers, magazines, TV shows and in advertisements. There are designers' clubs and ‘designers’ Saturdays' where designers meet regularly. One design consultancy group in Pune even publishes a monthly newsletter of its own.
All this seems very good.
It is said that a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. ...
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