Design by use : the everyday metamorphosis of things

Author(s)

    • Stich, Sonja
    • Wender, Miriam
    • Dickel, Susanne
    • Board of International Research in Design

Bibliographic Information

Design by use : the everyday metamorphosis of things

Uta Brandes, Sonja Stich, Miriam Wender ; [translation, Susanne Dickel]

Birkhäuser, c2009

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Bibliography: p. 186-189

"Board of International Research in Design, BIRD" -- Cover

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This publication explores and analyzes a very special kind of design – the phenomenon, as normal as it is wonderful, in which people with no formal training in design take things that have already been designed and reuse them, convert them to new uses, in short, "misuse" them in the very best sense of the word. Non-intentional design (NID) goes on every day, in every area of life, in every region of the world. Redesign through reuse makes things multifunctional and cleverly combines them to generate new functions. It is often reversible, resource-friendly, improvisational, innovative, and economical. It can become a source of inspiration for design, provided professional designers look up and take notice of what actually happens to all the things they design when they are used.

Table of Contents

Fluid Design and Research A View to other Disciplines Related Strategies Intentional Re-Design Non-Intentional Design – Empirically The Subjects: Objects and Strategies of Usage Re-Definition The Objects The Process of Discovery Non-Intentional Design in Public Spaces Design between Subject and Object Design as Applied Philosophy Learning Processes and Transformation Bibliography

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Details

  • NCID
    BA8935608X
  • ISBN
    • 9783764388676
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    Basel
  • Pages/Volumes
    192 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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