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Nature and Art of Workmanship, The


Nature and Art of Workmanship, The

Paperback by Pye, David; Shales, Ezra (Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA)

Nature and Art of Workmanship, The

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ISBN:
9780713689310
Publication Date:
3 Jul 2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Herbert Press Ltd
Pages:
144 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 29 Apr 2024
Nature and Art of Workmanship, The

Description

This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. In it, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship to design and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzy thinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept of good workmanship and shows how it imparts all-important diversity to our visual environment.

Contents

Foreword: Apostle of workmanship 1. Design proposes. Workmanship disposes 2. The workmanship of risk, the workmanship of certainty 3. Is anything done by hand? 4. Quality in workmanship 5. The designer's power to communicate his intentions 6. The natural order reflected in the work of a man 7. Diversity 8. Durability 9. Equivocality 10. Critique of 'On the Nature of Gothic' 11. The aesthetic importance of workmanship, and its future Index

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