Dialectics of design: how ideas of ‘good design’ change

This paper advances a first‐pass theory of change in the styling of objects of domestic utility. It is based on the idea that the expressive potential of design for the maker, the user and the designer exists in tension with other desirable properties of the designed artefact. Respectively these are...

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Main Authors: Anne Tomes, Peter Armstrong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2010-02-01
Series:Prometheus
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.1080/08109021003694154