Reinventing the Wheel - Rilegato

Helfand, Jessica

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1568983387 ISBN 13: 9781568983387

Casa editrice: Princeton Architectural Pr, 2002

Riassunto

As inventive as instructive, information wheels - or volvelles -have been used since the 14th century to measure, record, predict and calculate everything from time and space to military history and recipes. In this work, designer and critic Jessica Helfand offers an in-depth look at these artefacts, which are not only clever and amusing -where else could you dial-in ingredients to concoct "Creamed Oysters and Celery" - but, Helfand argues, relevant as a model for modern interactive design. From circular mathematical slide rules to Captain Marvel phonetic decoders; from nuclear bomb blast calculators to gestational breeding planners; and from astronomical planispheres to presidential trivia plotters, this volume demonstrates the range and utility of these ingenious interactive tools.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

grand in-8, cartonnage de l'éditeur, 159 pp., nombreuses reproductions en couleurs. Très bon état.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Princeton Architectural Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1568983387
• ISBN 13: 9781568983387
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 159