Design and truth
By: Robert Grudin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780300161403
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Homage to Rikyu: design, truth, and power. Sen no Rikyu and the paradox of innovation; title: Good design tells the truth; title: What design and truth say about each other; title: Design as tragedy: the rise and fall of the Twin Towers; title: Edsel's law: how bad design happens; title: Designs of darkness; title: Face to face with design; title: Pt. 2. Homage to Vasari: design, knowledge, and energy. Giorgio Vasari and the permutations of design; title: The lady in the picture: design and revelation in Renaissance art; title: In Jefferson's footsteps: modes of self-design; title: Jefferson's gravestone: metaphorical extensions of design; title: Liberty as a knowledge design; title: Corporate redesign and the business of knowledge; title: Designing time; title: The design of private knowledge; title: Epilogue. Designing truth.