Shape: Talking about Seeing and Doing

by George Stiny

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In Shape, George Stiny argues that seeing shapes--with all their changeability and ambiguity--is an inexhaustible source of creative ideas. Understanding shapes, he says, is a useful way to understand what is possible in design.

Shapes are devices for visual expression just as symbols are devices for verbal expression. Stiny develops a unified scheme that includes both visual expression with shapes and verbal expression with signs...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262693674

ISBN13:9780262693677

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Mit Press

Length:422 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.8" x 8.7"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Computers Computers & Technology Design Engineering Technology

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