Designing History - Documents and the Design Imperative to Immutability
| Author | Chris Lee |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Set Margins' |
| ISBN | 9789083404103 |
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| Status | not yet published |
Moving beyond the usual genres of form in graphic design’s canonical history, ‘Designing History’ proposes a model centred on bureaucratic instruments of identity, ownership, value, and permission: money, passports, certificates, property deeds, etc. It considers the implications of a design history of the document, where the designer shifts from being a practitioner of conventional design histories to become subject and agency of bureaucratic authority. The book is a revised edition of ‘Immutable: Designing History’ (2022) and includes an extended essay that contextualizes the project as a remapping of graphic design’s historical, pedagogical, and practical assumptions.
| 192 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 23 cm, pb, English |
Set Margins'
