Buch des Monats

Unser Atelier-Buch* des Monats: «What was design? Declarations and Definitions From a Century of Creative Quest» von Franziska Müller

152 Seiten, 120 × 190 mm, Offsetdruck mit Sonderfarben

«‹What was design?› is a quick starter to one of modernity’s most contested terms. In its brief but meteoric career, ‹design› was subject to vast controversy. Celebrated as an engine of change, denounced as a driving force of commercialization, and regularly lamented as overused, design remains a concept whose true meaning is still being sought. While answers to the question ‹What was design?› are constantly shifting, the time has come for a retrospective. This book looks back, presenting a century of design thinking in its most compact form: a collection of bold quotes.

‹What was design?› pits 87 historical one-sentence answers from practitioners, theorists, and philosophers against one another. The result is a web of radical short-form definitions that remain strikingly contradictory in their references. This selection is accompanied by an essay from Florian Walzel, exploring the deeper reasons behind the conceptual ambiguity of design.» (https://tinyurl.com/358tzkhc)

© Slanted Publishers UG, Karlsruhe, 2026

ISBN: 978-3-69202-005-1

*Monatlich wird vom Bodara-Team ein Buch für die Atelier-Bibliothek vorgeschlagen und bei der Buchhandlung im Volkshaus (Stauffacherstrasse 60, 8004 Zürich) gekauft. #BuchdesMonats #Bookofthemonth