
What Design Can’t Do Essays on Design and Disillusion
Paperback300 pagina’sEngels
Design is broken. Young and not-so-young designers are becoming increasingly aware of this. Many feel impotent: they were told they had the tools to make the world a better place, but instead the world takes its toll on them. Beyond a haze of hype and bold claims lies a barren land of self-doubt and impostor syndrome. This book probes the disillusionment that permeates design. It tackles the deskilling effects provoked by digital semi-automation, the instances of ornamental politics fashioned to please the museum-educational complex, the nebulous promises of design schools. While reviving historical expressions of disenchantment, Silvio Lorusso examines present-day memes and social media rants. To depict this disheartening crisis, he crafts a new critical vocabulary for readers to build upon. What this exposé reveals is both worrying and refreshing: rather than producing a meaningful order, design might be just about inhabiting chaos.
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9789083350134
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8 december 2023
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ISBN-139789083350134
Editie1
TaalEngels eng
Pagina’s300
GeïllustreerdJa
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UitgeverSet Margins'
ImprintSet Margins' publications
CB-relatie-id6116967
Verschenen8 december 2023
StatusOnbekend 00
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NUR (hoofd)Vormgeving en design 656
NUR (alle)656 Vormgeving en design
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Auteur A01Silvio Lorusso
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Werk-id (NSTC)501557530
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Bijgewerkt6 augustus 2026
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