Category Archives: Design and Art

The Surface of Design – Ranciere [Footnotes] 

RELATED TERMS: Deutscher Werkbund; Distribution of the Sensible – Ranciere; Worldlessness #2: Worldlessness and Design In the context of design practice, design theory and design history, the essay, ‘The Surface of Design’, by Jacques Ranciere is highly relevant. What interests Ranciere when he speaks of design is the way in which one sense of theContinue reading “The Surface of Design – Ranciere [Footnotes] “

Iconic Designs, Critical Designs

RELATED TERMS: Iconic Designs and Iconic Designers; Imaginary The Iconic As acknowledged in Iconic Designs and Iconic Designers, the iconic approach to design is not wholly without merit. For example, it recognises that designs have cultural meanings and other-than-utilitarian uses, such as in the construction, maintenance and performance of self-hood and social standing. In otherContinue reading “Iconic Designs, Critical Designs”

Iconic Designs and Iconic Designers

RELATED TERMS: Design History; Iconic Designs, Critical Designs “Kenya Hara is a design icon.” (Design Intaba, 2004) Design is often spoken of in terms of ‘iconic’ designs[1] and ‘iconic’ designers. ‘Iconic’ designs are discussed frequently in terms of individual entities – ‘things’. ‘Iconic’ designers are individual, named designers – ‘persons’.  ‘Iconic’ designs are most often productContinue reading “Iconic Designs and Iconic Designers”