Pretense Design
Surface Over Substance
$68.53
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2019
Summary
How some design appears to be something that it is not-by beautifying, amusing, substituting, or deceiving.Pretense design pretends to be something that it is not. Pretense design includes all kinds of designed objects- a pair of glasses that looks like a fashion accessory rather than a medical necessity, a hotel in Las Vegas that simulates a Venetian ambience complete with canals and gondolas, boiler plates that look like steel but are vinyl. In this book, Danish designer Per Mollerup define…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262039482 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262039486 |
| Author: | Per Mollerup |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 646g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 152mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Design Thinking, Design Theory |
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About The Author
Per Mollerup
Per Mollerup is Professor Emeritus of Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. He is the author of Wayshowing- A Guide to Environmental Signage, Simplicity- A Matter of Design, and other books.
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