Design: The Key Concepts

<p>This is the essential student’s guide to Design – its practice its theory and its history. Drawing from a wide range of international examples respected design writer Catherine McDermott explores key topics including:</p><ul> <li>international design – from Europe to Africa</li> <li>design history – from Art Nouveau to punk</li> <li>sustainable design recycling and green design</li> <li>design theory – from semiotics to gender to postcolonialism</li> <li>design technology graphic design and the web.</li> </ul><p>Fully cross-referenced with up-to-date guides for further reading <em>Design: The Key Concepts</em> is an indispensable reference for students of design design history fashion art and visual culture.</p>