The form of design : deciphering the language of mass-produced objects / Josiah Kahane.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : BIS Publishers, [2015]

©2015

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Why, in spite of widespread designers' obsession with amazing bicycle concepts, do bicycles still essentially adhere to traditional classic form? Why, in spite of countless car makes and models, is the underlying car meta form basically the same? On the other hand, why does our understanding of the word "chair" allow an extreme latitude of form variety? Why do kitchen appliances such as mixers and toasters insist on retaining a specific form for each assigned function? These are some of the questions this book answers. The Form of Design is the first all-encompassing book about the visual language of man-made products.

English

June 01, 2015

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index.

History.