Design: The Key ConceptsThis is the essential student’s guide to Design – its practice, its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples, respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:
Fully cross-referenced, with up-to-date guides for further reading, Design: The Key Concepts is an indispensable reference for students of design, design history, fashion, art and visual culture. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
20th century 21st century advertising aesthetic American design architects architecture art and design Art Deco Art Nouveau artists Arts and Crafts Bauhaus became brand Britain centre Charles Rennie Mackintosh Christopher Dresser classic colours concept consumer contemporary design Crafts Movement creative critical Cubism decorative design education design history design practice design research Deutsche Werkbund developed ecodesign economic environmental example exhibition experience famous fashion furniture Further reading global graphic design ideas images impact important industrial design influence innovative inspired interior design Japanese Le Corbusier lifestyles London Machine Age magazine manufacturing materials Modern Movement Modernist Morris Museum nanotechnology objects organic ornament Paris pioneered Pop design popular post-war Postmodernism product design Raymond Loewy recycling retail revival role social society Stijl style sustainable design taste techniques term Thames & Hudson theory traditional Victorian visual Walter Gropius Wiener Werkstätte York