Digital Design Theory
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Digital Design Theory

Readings from the Field

  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Digital Design Theory

Readings from the Field

About this book

Digital Design Theory bridges the gap between the discourse of print design and interactive experience by examining the impact of computation on the field of design. As graphic design moves from the creation of closed, static objects to the development of open, interactive frameworks, designers seek to understand their own rapidly shifting profession. Helen Armstrong's carefully curated introduction to groundbreaking primary texts, from the 1960s to the present, provides the background necessary for an understanding of digital design vocabulary and thought.Accessible essays from designers and programmers are by influential figures such as Ladislav Sutnar, Bruno Munari, Wim Crouwel, Sol LeWitt, Muriel Cooper, Zuzana Licko, Rudy VanderLans, John Maeda, Paola Antonelli, Luna Maurer, and Keetra Dean Dixon. Their topics range from graphic design's fascination with programmatic design, to early strivings for an authentic digital aesthetic, to the move from object-based design and to experience-based design. Accompanying commentary assesses the relevance of each excerpt to the working and intellectual life of designers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Building Towards a Point of Always Building: A Visual Foreword
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: Giving Form to the Future
  7. Timeline
  8. Section One: Structuring the Digital
  9. Theory at Work: 1960s–1970s
  10. Section Two: Resisting Central Processing
  11. Theory at Work: 1980–2000
  12. Section Three: Encoding the Future
  13. Theory at Work: 2000–Present
  14. Glossary
  15. Text Sources
  16. Bibliography
  17. Credits
  18. Index
  19. Colophon
  20. About the Author