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Hidden Forms: Seeing and Understanding Things (Writings on Design)

Hidden Forms: Seeing and Understanding Things (Writings on Design)
By Franco Clivio, Hans Hansen, Pierre Mendell

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The book Hidden Forms uses examples from Franco Clivio’s collection of objects to reveal clearly and yet poetically the hidden qualities that require a practiced gaze. Working with ordinary, everyday, practical, seemingly design(er)less objects has been Franco Clivio’s obsession both as a university lecturer and as a practicing designer. Each object in the collection stands for an unconventional, unconstrained, and sometimes unique solution to a problem that is often simple but always fundamental; fundamental in the sense of a design that places less emphasis on good form than on perfect function. A fruitful collaboration between Franco Clivio, the photographer Hans Hansen, and the graphic designer Pierre Mendell has produced a work that uses photographs, drawings, and texts to reveal the hidden qualities of objects for everyday use.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #778364 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-02-27
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 239 pages

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