Design by Use
The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things
Uta Brandes author Sonja Stich author Miriam Wender author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Birkhauser
Published:2nd Oct '08
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This publication explores and analyzes a very special kind of design – the phenomenon, as normal as it is wonderful, in which people with no formal training in design take things that have already been designed and reuse them, convert them to new uses, in short, "misuse" them in the very best sense of the word. Non-intentional design (NID) goes on every day, in every area of life, in every region of the world. Redesign through reuse makes things multifunctional and cleverly combines them to generate new functions. It is often reversible, resource-friendly, improvisational, innovative, and economical. It can become a source of inspiration for design, provided professional designers look up and take notice of what actually happens to all the things they design when they are used.
ISBN: 9783764388676
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 536g
192 pages