The shape of things : a philosophy of design / Vilém Flusser ; [translated by Anthony Mathews].

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flusser, Vilém, 1920-1991
Other Authors:	Mathews, Anthony
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion, 1999.
Edition:	First English edition.
Subjects:	Teleology. Communication in design. Aesthetics.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Martin Pawley
About the Word Design
Form and Material
War and the State of Things
About Forms and Formulae
The Designer's Way of Seeing
The Factory
The Lever Strikes Back
Shelters, Screens and Tents
Design: Obstacle for/to the Removal of Obstacles
Why Do Typewriters Go 'Click'?
The Ethics of Industrial Design?
Design as Theology
Wittgenstein's Architecture
Bare Walls
With As Many Holes As a Swiss Cheese
The Non-Thing 1
The Non-Thing 2
Carpets
Pots
Shamans and Dancers with Masks
The Submarine
Wheels.