Small things considered : why there is no perfect design /

By:

Petroski, Henry

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2003Edition: First editionDescription: 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1400040507

Subject(s):

Contents:

The Nature of Design -- Looking at Design -- Design, Design Everywhere -- Illuminating Design -- Driven by Design -- Design in a Box -- Labyrinthine Design -- Design out of a Paper Bag -- Domestic Design -- Folk Design -- Kitchen-Sink Design -- Off-the-Shelf Design -- Familiar Design -- Design by the Numbers -- Selective Design -- A Brush with Design -- Design Hits the Wall -- Design Rising.

Summary: "America's poet laureate of technology" ("Kirkus Reviews")--author of "The Pencil" and "The Evolution of Useful Things")--now offers an entertaining and perceptive study of the checkered design pasts, and futures, of everyday objects. 22 illustrations.

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	TA174 .P4738 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	16055001521

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.

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Small things considered : why there is no perfect design /