Mitchell and Wu explore the possibility of creating a new, living philosophy of design in the West using Daoist principles such as feng shui and "green design." Mitchell warns that architects cannot simply import Chinese architecture, or even Daoist philosophy, wholesale from Asia. He does suggest, however, that rethinking and re-imagining Western architecture along Daoist lines is an exciting and innovative way out of the sterility and irrelevance of much of modern and postmodern building design.

Living Design: The Daoist Way of Building

Self-Help

Mitchell, C. Thomas

Wu, Jiangmei

Stress Management

McGraw=Hill

User-Responsive Design will help you avoid unsatisfied clients by showing how to meaningfully consider the needs of building users throughout the design process. It outlines ways to assess user needs before you begin designing, to ensure that user requirements guide the design process, and to measure a project’s success in meeting its users’ needs. Written from the perspective of the professional designer, in accessible style, User-Responsive Design presents a range of tested approaches and offers real-life examples of their application. 66 black and white illustrations

User-Responsive Design: Reducing the Risk of Failure

Arts & Photography

Architecture

W.W.Norton&Company

Front Cover: (Main image--flower) Walter. A vase from the Still Life series designed for Parenthesis Ltd., London, 1984. Design by Daniel Weil Photograph by Richard Waite Courtesy of Pentagram Ltd. Smaller images from left to right Phonebook. Design by Lisa Krohn Courtesy of Michael McCoy Cassina Showroom, dome illuminated by gray light. Design by Clino Trini Castelli Courtesy of Castelli Design Milano Page from Dalko's Lighting catalog. Coordinated by Design Analysis International (DAI) Courtesy of John Thackara Lycee d'Enselgnement Professionel Industriel, Belfort, France. Exterior of the school. Design by Lucien Kroll Courtesy of Lucien Kroll Back Cover: 100 Objects: mirrors of silenced time. A clock with LED display designed for Parenthesis Limited. London, 1983. (Detail of clock's circuit board). Design by Daniel Weil Photograph by Richard Davis Courtesy of Pentagram Ltd.

New Thinking in Design: Conversations on Theory and Practice

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

wiley

Redefining Designing From Form to Experience C. Thomas Mitchell Redefining Designing: From Form to Experience offers a comprehensive new theory of design in which user needs and wishes are central. This landmark work focuses on design in terms of human experience rather than physical form. The book offers a highly critical study of design philosophies that have emerged since industrialization: modernism, late modernism, postmodernism, and deconstruction. C. Thomas Mitchell points out how many designs, particularly in architecture, fail to suit their intended purpose -- not because of their style but because of the design process itself. Mitchell then reviews user-responsive design methods, which he calls "design turned inside-out." He explores collaborative, contextual, and intangible design, and cites examples of each. International case studies illustrate up-to-the-minute topics such as "humanware," softecnica, the pattern language, and soft design. Also featured is an interview with Brian Eno and graphic work by artists Christo and Robert Wilson. Many never-before published illustrations enhance the book throughout. A broad synthesis of new thinking on design, Redefining Designing: From Form to Experience will be of great interest to a wide range of professionals, including architects, planners, and landscape architects, as well as product, interior, and industrial designers.

Redefining Designing: From Form to Experience

History & Criticism

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