High touch
Subtitle: tactile design and visual explorations
By: [edited by Robert Klanten ... [et al.] ; text by Anna Sinofzik]
Publisher: Gestalten; gestalten
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9783899554441
Subjects: Installations (Art); Pictorial works; Graphic arts; Tactile graphics
Description: Today's visual culture is shaped by a vast wealth of influences from diverse styles, cultures, and eras. Handcrafts including crochet, papercraft, and the design of costumes and masks are being melded with the techniques of more traditional art forms such as installation, sculpture, collage, photography, and illustration. A new visual language is currently being formed out of the skillful and unusual combination of creative styles, as well as the use of an expanded range of materials and techniques. One of the most striking aspects of today's visual culture is its handcrafted quality. The recent work of many creatives is characterized by craftsmanship and an intensive, even laborious exploration of the featured techniques, materials, or styles. High touch is a term used in design theory to describe an accessible, human visuality. The book High Touch is a compilation of current work that is broadening and enriching this definition in a contemporary way. It presents a rich selection of innovative, often handmade design created with the full spectrum of materials and stylistic devices in existence today--all of which also strive to expand this palette of visual possibilities in a meaningful way.
Notes: Includes index.

"Edited by Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann and Matthias Hub̈ner" -- Colophon.
Table of contents: title: Gulliver's travels; title: Trompe l'œil; title: Imitation of life; title: Paper tiger; title: String theory; title: Mirror mirror; title: Ordnung!; title: Director's cut; title: Space invaders; title: Variety of the spectacle.