Combining a wide-ranging discussion of the major issues of design with detailed and practical information, Norman Potter looks at the possibilities and limits of design, considers the designer as artisan and as artist, and asks: "What is good design?"What is a Designer prompts its readers to think and act for themselves. The work adds up to a powerful and endlessly rewarding resource for students of all ages. First published in 1969, the book is now reissued to present the enduring core of Potter's arguments. An afterword by Robin Kinross sets the work andits author in their contexts.
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I rented this book from my graduate college's library.
I had to own a copy. This book is one of the most direct and best explained writings I've come across, that deals with what designers do and how our though process works and is developed. Potter has an easy with words and his ideas/concepts come across very fluently and easily. The book still has a powerful resonance, even if it was written decades ago. Highly recommended for Designers from every field.
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Every human being is a designer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
design education, exhibition design, modern movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kegan Paul, Penguin Books, Architectural Press, Herbert Read, Colin Ward, Royal College of Art, Lewis Mumford, Lund Humphries, Cambridge Mass, Construction School, Dennis Sharp, George Allen, Walter Gropius, Architectural Review, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Ivan Illich, Jonathan Cape, Paddy Kitchen, Panther Books, Patrick Geddes, West of England College of Art, William Morris, William Richard Lethaby New!
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- Journey Through Utopia by Marie-Louise Berneri on page 137, and page 160
- Ezra Pound: 2 (Modern masters) by Donald Davie on page 84
- Journey Through by Steve Cox on page 137
- William Morris: Romantic to revolutionary by E. P Thompson on page 142
- Der Stuhl (German Edition) by Der Stuhl on page 141
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- Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design: Understanding Form and Function by John Bowers in Back Matter
- Letterpress: New Applications for Traditional Skills by David Jury in Back Matter
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