Agideas 2012: Design Is Difference (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: VG. Jacket: Good with minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Signed. Binding condition: Good.
Design is Difference is a bold manifesto for a discipline that refuses to be neutral. Published in 2002, this striking volume argues that design — in its truest form — is an act of differentiation, a purposeful intervention that separates the ordinary from the extraordinary. Drawing on a rich cross-section of visual culture, it presents design not merely as aesthetics, but as a language of identity, power, and social change. From the provocative cover image of a child's face rendered in vivid red, the work immediately signals its intent: to challenge assumptions and reframe how we see the designed world around us. Rooted in the tradition of critical design theory, the book illustrates how design functions as both a mirror and a shaper of culture, interrogating the boundaries between art, commerce, and humanity. The author's approach is at once rigorous and visceral, combining theoretical frameworks with arresting visual documentation. Each chapter pushes the reader to reconsider the ethical and aesthetic stakes of every design decision — leaving one to wonder just how different the world could look if we truly embraced that difference.
Author: ken cato (ed.)
Format: Hardback
Published: 2012, AgIdeas
Genre: The arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: VG. Jacket: Good with minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Signed. Binding condition: Good.
Design is Difference is a bold manifesto for a discipline that refuses to be neutral. Published in 2002, this striking volume argues that design — in its truest form — is an act of differentiation, a purposeful intervention that separates the ordinary from the extraordinary. Drawing on a rich cross-section of visual culture, it presents design not merely as aesthetics, but as a language of identity, power, and social change. From the provocative cover image of a child's face rendered in vivid red, the work immediately signals its intent: to challenge assumptions and reframe how we see the designed world around us. Rooted in the tradition of critical design theory, the book illustrates how design functions as both a mirror and a shaper of culture, interrogating the boundaries between art, commerce, and humanity. The author's approach is at once rigorous and visceral, combining theoretical frameworks with arresting visual documentation. Each chapter pushes the reader to reconsider the ethical and aesthetic stakes of every design decision — leaving one to wonder just how different the world could look if we truly embraced that difference.