Artful Design - Technology in Search of the Sublime, A MusiComic Manifesto (Paperback)

What we make, makes us. This is the central tenet of Artful Design, a photorealistic comic book that examines the nature, purpose, and meaning of design. A call to action and a meditation on art, authenticity, and social connection in a world disrupted by technological change, this book articulates a fundamental principle for design: that we should design not just from practical needs but from the values that underlie those needs. Artful Design takes readers on a journey through the aesthetic dimensions of technology. Using music as a universal phenomenon that has evolved alongside technology, this book breaks down concrete case studies in computer-mediated toys, tools, games, and instruments, including the best-selling app Ocarina. Every chapter elaborates a set of general design principles and strategies that illuminate the essential relationship between aesthetics and engineering, art and design. Ge Wang implores us to both embrace and confront technology, not purely as a means to an end, but in its potential to enrich life. Technology is never a neutral agent, but through what we do with it-through what we design with it-it provides a mirror to our human endeavors and values. Artful Design delivers an aesthetic manifesto of technology, accessible yet uncompromising.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Ge Wang
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	488
ISBN-13:	978-1-5036-0052-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General
LSN:	1-5036-0052-1
Barcode:	9781503600522

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