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BL
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626719
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Grudin, Robert
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| Title & Author
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Design and truth /\ Robert Grudin
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, c2010
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216 p. :: ill. (mostly col.) ;; 22 cm
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9780300161403 (alk. paper)
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: 0300161409 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Pt. 1. Homage to Rikyu: design, truth, and power. Sen no Rikyu and the paradox of innovation -- Good design tells the truth -- What design and truth say about each other -- Design as tragedy: the rise and fall of the Twin Towers -- Edsel's law: how bad design happens -- Designs of darkness -- Face to face with design -- Pt. 2. Homage to Vasari: design, knowledge, and energy. Giorgio Vasari and the permutations of design -- The lady in the picture: design and revelation in Renaissance art -- In Jefferson's footsteps: modes of self-design -- Jefferson's gravestone: metaphorical extensions of design -- Liberty as a knowledge design -- Corporate redesign and the business of knowledge -- Designing time -- The design of private knowledge -- Epilogue. Designing truth
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| Abstract
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Robert Grudin explores the role of design in our daily lives, focusing especially on how political & economic powers impress themselves on us through the built environment
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Design
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Truth
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