Transformation, Engl. ed.

Basic Principles and Methodology of Design

Roland Knauer

1/2008


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Roland Knauer ist Wissenschaftsjournalist und arbeitet für große Tageszeitungen (u. a. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung) und den Hörfunk.

Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process.
Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. And underlying every concrete design is a design methodology that can be analyzed, taught, and learned as a transformation of these four categories.
Taking this theory as its starting point, this book is nothing less than a foundational work for architects, designers, and lay people with an interest in cultural history.
It details what could be called the unrivaled grammar of design. With a systematic aim and progressively increasing complexity, it unfolds the creative potential of these categories with succinct texts, uniform drawings, and a broad array of examples from architecture, design, and art.
However, the book also occupies an exceptional position as a physical book: the layout makes it especially easy to compare and combine different design steps, and the separate binding of individual groups of pages makes doing soeven easier.
The result is a kind of construction set that invites the reader to play as well as research.

Introduction.- Index of Names.- Subject Index.- Illustration References.- Imprint.- Bar and Lattice.- Bar.- Lattice.- Surface.- Body.- Space.

Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. And underlying every concrete design is a design methodology that can be analyzed, taught, and learned as a transformation of these four categories.
In this sense, Transformation represents a foundational work for architects, designers, and lay people with an interest in cultural history: the unrivaled grammar of design. With a systematic aim and progressively increasing complexity, it unfolds the creative potential of these categories with succinct texts, uniform drawings, and a broad array of examples from architecture, design, and art.
But Transformation also occupies an exceptional position as a physical book: the layout makes it especially easy to compare and combine different design steps, and the separate binding of individual groups of pages makes doing so even easier. The result is a kind of construction set that invites the reader to play as well as research. By generating new links , he or she is able to use a limited set of fundamental elements to discover an unlimited and ever-changing array of new design possibilities.

Cylinders, surfaces, bodies and spaces are the four basic elements which constitute the design process: each design, however complex, can be created by transforming them. This text gathers together the results of many years teaching and research and presents them with a wealth of examples. The layout of the book itself facilitates the comparison and combination of different steps in the design process. With the pages divided into four separate segments, the reader should be able to compare and contrast various elements in a playful, yet practical way, generating links between the four central elements and unlocking the unlimited potential of design.

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Architekturentwurf  Bm-Architektur  Bm-Design  Darstellung (Architektur)  Design  Gestaltung / Gestalten  Industrial Design