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Theatre Design involves everything seen on stage: not only scenery but costumes, wigs, makeup, properties, lighting, sound, even the shape and material of the stage itself. Designers' Shakespeare presents and analyses the work of a half-dozen leading practitioners of this specialist art. By focusing specifically on their Shakespearean work, it also offers a fresh, exciting perspective on some of the best-known drama of all time.

Shakespeare's plays offer an unusual range of opportunities to designers. As they were written for a theatre which gave no opportunity for scenic...

From the geometric patterns of Islamic art and design to the swirling floral motifs of Celtic art, "Designa" brings together six elegant and insightful short volumes from the Wooden Books series on art and design including "Islamic Design," "Celtic Pattern," "Curves," "The Golden Section," "Symmetry," and "Perspective." Lavishly illustrated with engravings, woodcuts, and original drawings and diagrams, "Designa" will inspire readers of all ages to take an interest in the interconnected knowledge of art and design from different cultures throughout the world.

Since the 1980s a great deal has been written on the relationship between art, architecture, and urban planning and design, on the one hand, and the politics of space on the other. In Evictions Rosalyn Deutsche investigates -- and protests against -- the dominant uses of this interdisciplinary discourse. Deutsche argues that critics on both the left and the right invoke harmonious images of space that conceal and justify exclusions -- whether the space in question is a city, park, institution, exhibition, identity, or work of art. By contrast, she calls for a democratic spatial...

Theatre Design involves everything seen on stage: not only scenery but costumes, wigs, makeup, properties, lighting, sound, even the shape and material of the stage itself. "Designers Shakespeare "presents and analyses the work of a half-dozen leading practitioners of this specialist art. By focusing specifically on their Shakespearean work, it also offers a fresh, exciting perspective on some of the best-known drama of all time.

Shakespeare s plays offer an unusual range of opportunities to designers. As they were written for a theatre which gave no opportunity for scenic support or...

Der neue Band Design Research Now 2prasentiert aktuelle Positionen der Designforschung sowie wegweisende Forschungsprojekte. Dabei stehen die vielstimmigen Ansatze heutiger Designforschung im Vordergrund. Die Herausgeber orientieren ihre Auswahl insbesondere an der Relevanz von Designforschung im Kontext aktueller Gesellschafts-, Wissens-, Innovations- und Technikdebatten. Die Publikation versammelt innovative Ansatze aus den Bereichen Speculative Design, Critical Design, Design Interactions, Participatory Design, Sustainable Design und Open Design. Die Bedeutung dieser Richtungen...

Digital information and data flows permeate every aspect of our society. Within this context, design extensively avails itself of the technological bounty of advanced digital tools. Yet beyond these tools, the fluidity of digital information and the seemingly immaterial nature of communication dominate most discussions.

Understanding the contemporary networks of information and communication as inherently geographic, Geographies of Information attempts to realign design's relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs) by expounding on their multiscalar...