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> <p>List of Concepts. Introduction. Key Concepts. Bibliography. Index</p>