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Design : The Key Concepts - Catherine McDermott

Design

The Key Concepts

By: Catherine McDermott

Paperback | 31 October 2007 | Edition Number 1

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This is the essential student's guide to Design - its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:

  • international design - from Europe to Africa
  • design history - from Art Nouveau to punk
  • sustainable design, recycling and green design
  • design theory - from semiotics to gender, to postcolonialism
  • design technology, graphic design and the web.

Fully cross-referenced, with up-to-date guides for further reading, Design: The Key Concepts is an indispensable reference for students of design, design history, fashion, art and visual culture.

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