The Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design

Vilém Flusser · 1999

Index

  • Introduction
  • 1. The Word Design
  • 2. Form and Material
  • 3. The Lever Strikes Back
  • 4. Designing Cities
  • 5. About Machines
  • 6. Naked Walls
  • 7. Pots
  • 8. Umbrellas
  • 9. Why Do Typewriters Go Click?
  • 10. On the Crisis of Our Models
  • 11. The Factory
  • Afterword

Quote

"Design is a way of deceiving nature."
"All culture is deception, that is, design."

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