GSD Platform 8: An Index of Design & Research
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940291747 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here, design is presented both as process and as a final product. Platform 8 catalogs a curated selection of work generated in the past year at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The book's indexical structure, punctuated with a collection of portraits, presents a comprehensive picture of the school. Alongside final products of design education, Platform 8 places particular emphasis on collecting and documenting the people and artifacts that shape research-driven design practices. Platform 8 shows the intention, direction, and passion seen and experienced every day at the GSD.
Not all terms are related to the GSD's output, so these would appear to indicate what are important (ha-ha and high-rise, apparently) to the students and professors at the school." --John Hill, A Daily Dose of ArchitectureOne of the 50 Best Books for 2016 -- The American Institute of Graphic Designers"Richly illustrated and structured as an encyclopedic survey in which entriesare presented alphabetically, from academia to zoo, this book exposes a particular moment of design culture at the Harvard Graduate School anddocuments both scholarly discourse and material production as concomitant artifacts of contemporary pra
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Her research explores landscape systems and technologies within material culture, visualization, and design education.. Zaneta Hong is a lecturer in landscape architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design; design principal at Beta-field, a research-design office; and partner at GA Collaborative, a design non-profit organization