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        After the Bauhaus, Before the Internet

        After the Bauhaus, Before the Internet

        After the Bauhaus, Before the Internet

        A History of Graphic Design Pedagogy

        Edited by Geoff Kaplan

        Foreword by Tim Barringer

        ISBN: 9781949484090

        Publisher: no place press

        Pub Date: October 11, 2022

        A history of design teaching from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s told through essays, interviews, remembrances, and primary materials.
        The Nexus

        The Nexus

        The Nexus

        Augmented Thinking for a Complex World--The New Convergence of Art, Technology, and Science

        by Julio Mario Ottino

        With Bruce Mau

        ISBN: 9780262046343

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 31, 2022

        Why today's complex problems demand a radically new way of thinking—one in which art, technology, and science converge.
        Situated Design Methods

        Situated Design Methods

        Situated Design Methods

        Edited by Jesper Simonsen, Connie Svabo, Sara Malou Strandvad, Kristine Samson, Morten Hertzum and Ole Erik Hansen

        ISBN: 9780262544726

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 14, 2021

        A handbook of situated design methods, with analyses and cases that range from designing study processes to understanding customer experiences to developing interactive installations.
        Living with Complexity

        Living with Complexity

        Living with Complexity

        by Don Norman

        ISBN: 9780262528948

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 12, 2016

        Why we don't really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.
        A Handbook of California Design, 1930–1965

        A Handbook of California Design, 1930–1965

        A Handbook of California Design, 1930–1965

        Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturers

        Edited by Bobbye Tigerman

        With Lisa Gabrielle Mark

        ISBN: 9780262518383

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 15, 2013

        More than 140 illustrated biographical profiles map the innovative modern California design community.
        VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS

        VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS

        VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS

        Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha

        Edited by Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner

        With Phil Taylor and Mark Rawlinson

        ISBN: 9780262018777

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 1, 2013

        Riffs, revisions, knockoffs, and homages: artists pay tribute to Ed Ruscha's famous photo-conceptual small books.
        The Aspen Complex

        The Aspen Complex

        The Aspen Complex

        by Martin Beck

        ISBN: 9783943365078

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: April 6, 2012

        Martin Beck's exhibition “Panel 2—'Nothing better than a touch of ecology and catastrophe to unite the social classes…'” draws on the events of the 1970 International Design Conference in Aspen...
        California Design, 1930–1965

        California Design, 1930–1965

        California Design, 1930–1965

        "Living in a Modern Way"

        Edited by Wendy Kaplan

        With Nola Butler

        ISBN: 9780262016070

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 16, 2011

        The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated.
        Sentient City

        Sentient City

        Sentient City

        Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space

        Edited by Mark Shepard

        ISBN: 9780262515863

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 18, 2011

        Alternative ideas for a “smart” city, from a park bench that enforces time limits by ejecting the sitter to “electronically assisted” plants that encourage conservation.
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