>>> Design has many connotations. It is the organisation of materials
>>> and processes in the most productive, economic way, in a harmonious
>>> balance of all elements necessary for a certain function. it is not
>>> a matter of facade, of mere external appearance; rather it is the
>>> essence of products and institutions, penetrating and comprehensive.
>>> Designing is a complex and intricate task. It is the integration of
>>> technological, social and economic requirements, biological
>>> necessities, and the psychophysical effects of materials, shape,
>>> colour, volume, and space:
>>> thinking in relationships. (Moholy-Nagy 1938)
A minor point but is this citation not from:
Moholy-Nagy, László (1947). Vision in Motion (Chicago: Theobald), p. 42
rather than from his "New Vision" (which is 1928 and not 1938, as Von material zu architektur)??
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