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BOOKS ON DESIGN THEORY, AESTHETICS AND HISTORY

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Onomatopee Projects

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Paperback, 4.5 x 7 in. / 64 pgs.

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Catalog: FALL 2022 p. 56   

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ISBN 9789493148802 TRADE
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Designerly Ways of Knowing

A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know

By Danah Abdulla.

Designerly Ways of Knowing

A poetical list of essential knowledge for designers that both politicizes and inspires

In 2018, the architect, urban designer, activist and critic Michael Sorkin published the now much-loved poetical essay-list “Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Know.” Struck by the compelling form of this text, and also inspired by Antonio Gramsci's advice that “‘knowing thyself’ requires compiling an inventory,” the design critic, educator and researcher Danah Abdulla compiled a version for designers—“a list based on a search for knowledge and a designer’s commitment to making the world a better place,” as she writes in the introduction. “The list is generic,” she notes—“it applies to all designers no matter their specialization, as every designer also needs to be a generalist.” Abdulla’s list includes: the experience of scents; how critical theory does not account for the colonial experience; the dangers of seeking out simplicity; visual pollution; and how certain emblems and symbols make people feel.
This list is not meant to be a definitive how-to guide but is rather approached as a series of prompts to consider or discard or spark a conversation.
Danah Abdulla (born 1986) is a Palestinian-Canadian designer, educator and researcher interested in new narratives and practices in design that push the disciplinary boundaries and definitions of the discipline. She is Program Director of Graphic Design at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, and a founding member of the Decolonising Design platform.


Designerly Ways of Knowing

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FORTHCOMING AND NEW: DESIGN AND DECORATIVE ARTS

Floppy Disk Fever

FLOPPY DISK FEVER

ONOMATOPEE PROJECTS

ISBN: 9789493148864
USD $18.00
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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Memphis Again

MEMPHIS AGAIN

SILVANA EDITORIALE

ISBN: 9788836652716
USD $25.00
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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Upgrade: Making Things Better

UPGRADE: MAKING THINGS BETTER

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775753340
USD $55.00
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Pub Date: 1/24/2023
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Process: Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum 1500–1900

PROCESS: DESIGN DRAWINGS FROM THE RIJKSMUSEUM 1500–1900

NAI010 PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9789462087354
USD $80.00
| CAN $112

Pub Date: 2/28/2023
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In Pursuit of Color

IN PURSUIT OF COLOR

ATELIER ÉDITIONS/D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781954957008
USD $49.95
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Pub Date: 7/18/2023
Forthcoming


Beirut: the Eras of Design

BEIRUT: THE ERAS OF DESIGN

KAPH BOOKS

ISBN: 9786148035432
USD $45.00
| CAN $63

Pub Date: 7/19/2022
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Hello, Robot

HELLO, ROBOT

VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM

ISBN: 9783945852507
USD $85.00
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Pub Date: 1/24/2023
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Good Design

GOOD DESIGN

ART CONSULTING TOOL/TURNER

ISBN: 9788418895289
USD $35.00
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Pub Date: 11/8/2022
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Designerly Ways of Knowing

DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING

ONOMATOPEE PROJECTS

ISBN: 9789493148802
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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Surrealism and Design Now

SURREALISM AND DESIGN NOW

THE DESIGN MUSEUM

ISBN: 9781872005621
USD $35.00
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Pub Date: 12/20/2022
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Seeing|Making —> Room for Thought

SEEING|MAKING —> ROOM FOR THOUGHT

INVENTORY PRESS

ISBN: 9781941753538
USD $29.95
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Pub Date: 4/30/2024
Forthcoming


Rights of Way

RIGHTS OF WAY

ONOMATOPEE PROJECTS

ISBN: 9789493148703
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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