Dear list
A couple of people have emailed me and asked
for the missing URLs from my previous post. Original post plus URLS
below, sorry for the repetition.
Thanks
Dan
p.s. as an
initial reply to Terrance's comment on who I hang out with: no engineers
I'm afraid, I'm strictly a mall rat for these purposes.
There are always interesting discussions about the definitions of design
on this list, and I thought list members might be interested in my recent
mapping of contemporary design & consumerism. Outside of design
education institutes and design studios, the meaning of the term
design seems to me to be narrowing rather than expanding.
Most recently, design seems to have become associated ever more closely
with art - or Design-Art - as discussed by Alice Rawthorn in the
International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/02/arts/design2.php
I
think this pheonomenon has serious implications for designers and the way
design is perceived. I've blogged it here:
http://djhuppatz.blogspot.com/2008/05/signs-of-design-in-21st-century.html
as part of an ongoing series of essays about contemporary design
and consumerism, Sings of Design: http://djhuppatz.blogspot.com
Any comments or ideas from listees most welcome.
Thanks
Dan Huppatz
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