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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462723703321

Autore

Brandes Uta

Titolo

Design by use [[electronic resource] ] : the everyday metamorphosis of things / / Uta Brandes, Sonja Stich, Miriam Wender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel ; ; Boston, : Birkhäuser, c2009

ISBN

3-0346-0912-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Board of International Research in Design

Altri autori (Persone)

StichSonja

WenderMiriam

Disciplina

600

Soggetti

Product design

Design - Human factors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Transition and Experience as Perspectives of Design Research -- Fluid Design & Research -- A View of Other Disciplines -- Related Strategies of Discovery -- Intentional Re-Design -- Non-Intentional Design from an Empiricist Perspective -- The Subjects: Objects of, and Reasons for, Repurposing -- The Objects -- The Process of Discovery -- Non-Intentional Design in Public Spaces -- Design between Subject and Object -- Design as Applied Philosophy -- Bibliography -- The Authors -- Picture Credits

Sommario/riassunto

Diese Publikation erforscht und analysiert eine ganz besondere Form von Design: das ebenso normale wie wunderbare Phänomen, dass Menschen ohne Designanspruch bereits gestaltete Dinge umnutzen, anders nutzen, im besten Sinne "missbrauchen". Nicht Intentionales Design (NID) findet täglich, in jeder Lebenssphäre, in allen Teilen der Welt statt. Diese Umgestaltung durch Umnutzung macht die Dinge multifunktional, kombiniert mit kluger Erfindung neue Funktionen. Sie ist häufig reversibel, ressourcenschonend, improvisierend, innovativ, preiswert. Für das Design kann es zu einer Quelle der Inspiration werden, wenn die professionellen Designer erst einmal wahrnehmen, was im praktischen Gebrauch mit all den gestalteten Dingen tatsächlich geschieht.



This publication explores and analyzes a very special kind of design - the phenomenon, as normal as it is wonderful, in which people with no formal training in design take things that have already been designed and reuse them, convert them to new uses, in short, "misuse" them in the very best sense of the word. Non-intentional design (NID) goes on every day, in every area of life, in every region of the world. Redesign through reuse makes things multifunctional and cleverly combines them to generate new functions. It is often reversible, resource-friendly, improvisational, innovative, and economical. It can become a source of inspiration for design, provided professional designers look up and take notice of what actually happens to all the things they design when they are used.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780744503321

Titolo

Regional Economic Outlook, September 2006, Asia and Pacific

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4552-6097-5

1-4527-7354-8

1-283-54815-1

1-4519-7839-1

9786613860606

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Collana

Regional Economic Outlook

Disciplina

338.5443095

Soggetti

Economic forecasting - Asia

Economic forecasting - Pacific Area

Exports and Imports

Finance: General

Inflation

Investments: Stocks

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Saving

Wealth

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments



Institutional Investors

Price Level

Deflation

Finance

International economics

Investment & securities

Labour

income economics

Private consumption

Income inequality

Stock markets

Consumption

Income distribution

Economics

Stock exchanges

Prices

Financial services industry

Asia Economic conditions

Pacific Area Economic conditions

Asia Economic conditions Statistics

China, People's Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Definitions""; ""Executive Summary""; ""I. Recent Developments and Outlook""; ""II. Financial Developments in Emerging Asia""; ""III. Macroeconomic Policy Issues""; ""IV. Asian Equity Markets: Growth, Opportunities, and Challenges""; ""V. Private Consumption in Emerging Asia""; ""VI. Rising Inequality and Polarization in Asia""

Sommario/riassunto

The September 2006 report analyzes recent developments, examines the impact of the recent market correction, and assesses potential for capital inflows and equity markets, as well as examining private consumption and trends in inequality. Chapters address financial developments in emerging Asia; the main macroeconomic issues facing policymakers; Asia's external surpluses; Asia's investment decline, and rebalancing growth in China.