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Book Description
This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher, Vilm Flusser. It puts forward the view that our future depends on design. In a series of insightful essays on such ordinary 'things' as wheels, carpets, pots, umbrellas and tents, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationship between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Just as formal creativity has produced both weapons of destruction and great works of art, Flusser believed the shape of things (and the designs behind them) represent both a threat and an opportunity for the future.
About the Author
Vilm Flusser was born in Prague in 1920. After emigrating to Brazil, twenty years later, and then to Germany, he embarked on an influential career as a lecturer and writer on philosophy, language, design and communication. He died in 1991.
The Shape of Things,Vilem Flusser,Vilém Flusser,Reaktion Books,1861890559,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Criticism,Design - General,General,Multicultural Education,Art / General
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