This is the first all-encompassing book about the visual language of man-made products, explaining how mass-produced objects evolve over time and what made them change.
Über den Autor
Josiah Kahane is a professor emeritus of design at the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in Israel. Kahane studied industrial design in UCLA, receiving a BA in 1970 and an MA in 1972. As one of the pioneers of industrial design in Israel, he was involved in founding the design program at HIT, serving several terms as departmental chair. Later involved in academic management, as HIT's academic VP. Kahane was also a design consultant in Israel's electronics and medical hi-tech hub. ent communities.
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The Form of Design is the firstnall-encompassing book about the visualnlanguage of man-made products. Itnexplains how mass-produced objectsnevolve over time and what made themnchange. In the book the authornmaterialises the governing rules of formnevolution by means of 14 case studies.nThese case studies encompass andiversity of product families such asnsmart phones and bicycles, coffeenmachines and chairs, accompanied byncharts and numerous illustrations thatnilluminate and elucidate the evolutionarynprocesses involved.
