Everyone is a Designer: Manifest for the Design Economy [Paperback]

Mieke Gerritzen (Author), Miekke Gerritzon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2003

Will the Internet of the future just be enhanced television with 'buy-now' features ? Is it destined to become no more than another leisure and commerce medium, or can it be steered away from this fate by designers, taking it to surprising new directions? In this manifesto designers, critics and multimedia specialists such as Kevin Kelly, Max Kisman, Steven Heller, Aaron Betsky, and Dagan Cohen express their opinions in sharp, thought-provoking questions and declarations. In a social milieu continually transformed by computers and communication technologies, can design make a difference? Has interactive design lost its battle to interface ignorance? Are we faced with a future in which our bodies will be the interface? Everyone is a Designer is meant to inspire new creativity with its incisive look at the new "Design Economy".

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About the Author

Mieke Gerritzen is founder of NL.Design, an Amsterdam-based design company that produces designs for all media. Mieke has taught multimedia design at the Sandberg Institute and the Rietveld Academy. She designed books, catalogues and posters and has been appointed new director of the Graphic Design Museum in Breda as of January 1, 2009. Geert Lovink is a media theorist and activist, Internet critic and author of Dark Fiber and Uncanny Networks. He worked on various media projects in Eastern Europe and India. He is founder and director of the Institute of Network Cultures, professor at Interactive Media (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) and associate professor at the Media & Culture department, University of Amsterdam. 

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Netherlands Design Institute (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9072007697
• ISBN-13: 978-9072007698
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,989,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)