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Digital Design : A History by Stephen Eskilson (2023, Hardcover)

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He covers topics ranging from graphic and product design to type, web design, architecture, data visualization, and virtual reality.

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-10069118139X

ISBN-139780691181394

eBay Product ID (ePID)4058363718

Product Key Features

Book TitleDigital Design : a History

Number of Pages296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicHistory & Criticism, Digital, Graphic Arts / General, Decorative Arts

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Art

AuthorStephen Eskilson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight41.4 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width7.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-055583

ReviewsEskilson's research focus, as seen in Graphic Design and The Age of Glass shine. . . . Through evocative illustrations of digital and analog creations, the reader can better grasp the emotional and personal aspects of design., Eskilson's research focus, as seen in Graphic Design and The Age of Glass shine.... Through evocative illustrations of digital and analog creations, the reader can better grasp the emotional and personal aspects of design. Overall, this volume is applicable to most disciplines and extremely relevant for students in design disciplines, particularly those for whom the 1980s and 1990s feel like distant history. - Choice Reviews, "[A] brilliant reflection. . . . Delightfully surprising, this presentation includes an emphasis on analog design history and its influence on digital design. . . . [A] rich, full picture of the digital age this far." ---Amanda Horton, Technical Communication, Digital Design untangles the impact of the digital on design disciplines by analyzing key figures, theories, and technologies and questioning the influences of visualization, algorithms, and virtual reality. . . . Through evocative illustrations of digital and analog creations, the reader can better grasp the emotional and personal aspects of design. , " Digital Design: A History is the first [book] to provide origin stories and analysis of how the genie out of the bottle has impacted the field and culture at large. . . . [Eskilson] takes a broad approach to the evolution of digital practice and outcomes, examining all the hot-button areas, including games, UX/UI, digital typography and prototyping. As the first book of its kind, it is the foundation for future study." ---Steven Heller, Print

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal744.0285

SynopsisDigital design has emerged as perhaps the most dynamic force in society, occupying a fluid, experimental space where product design intersects with art, film, business, engineering, theater, music, and artificial intelligence. Stephen Eskilson traces the history of digital design from its precursors in the nineteenth century to its technological and cultural ascendency today, providing a multifaceted account of a digital revolution that touches all aspects of our lives. He covers topics ranging from graphic and product design to type, web design, architecture, gaming, data visualization, and virtual reality. Along the way, Eskilson paints compelling portraits of key innovators behind this transformation, from foundational figures such as Marshall McLuhan, Nam June Paik, and April Greiman to those mapping new frontiers, such as Jeanne Gang, Jony Ive, Yugo Nakamura, Neri Oxman, and Jewel Burks Solomon. Bringing together an unprecedented array of sources on digital design, this comprehensive and richly illustrated book reveals how many of the digital practices we think of as cutting-edge actually originated in the analog age and how the history of digital design is as much about our changing relationship to forms as the forms themselves., A groundbreaking history of digital design from the nineteenth century to today Digital design has emerged as perhaps the most dynamic force in society, occupying a fluid, experimental space where product design intersects with art, film, business, engineering, theater, music, and artificial intelligence. Stephen Eskilson traces the history of digital design from its precursors in the nineteenth century to its technological and cultural ascendency today, providing a multifaceted account of a digital revolution that touches all aspects of our lives.We live in a time when silicon processors, miniaturization, and CAD-enhanced 3D design have transformed the tangible world of cars and coffee makers as well as the screen world on our phones, computers, and game systems. Eskilson provides invaluable historical perspective to help readers better understand how digital design has become such a vibrant feature of the contemporary landscape. He covers topics ranging from graphic and product design to type, web design, architecture, data visualization, and virtual reality. Along the way, he paints compelling portraits of key innovators behind this transformation, from foundational figures such as Marshall McLuhan, Nam June Paik, and April Greiman to those mapping new frontiers, such as Jeanne Gang, Jony Ive, Yugo Nakamura, Neri Oxman, and Jewel Burks Solomon.Bringing together an unprecedented array of sources on digital design, this comprehensive and richly illustrated book reveals how many of the digital practices we think of as cutting-edge actually originated in the analog age and how the history of digital design is as much about our changing relationship to forms as the forms themselves., A groundbreaking history of digital design from the nineteenth century to today Digital design has emerged as perhaps the most dynamic force in society, occupying a fluid, experimental space where product design intersects with art, film, business, engineering, theater, music, and artificial intelligence. Stephen Eskilson traces the history of digital design from its precursors in the nineteenth century to its technological and cultural ascendency today, providing a multifaceted account of a digital revolution that touches all aspects of our lives. We live in a time when silicon processors, miniaturization, and CAD-enhanced 3D design have transformed the tangible world of cars and coffee makers as well as the screen world on our phones, computers, and game systems. Eskilson provides invaluable historical perspective to help readers better understand how digital design has become such a vibrant feature of the contemporary landscape. He covers topics ranging from graphic and product design to type, web design, architecture, data visualization, and virtual reality. Along the way, he paints compelling portraits of key innovators behind this transformation, from foundational figures such as Marshall McLuhan, Nam June Paik, and April Greiman to those mapping new frontiers, such as Jeanne Gang, Jony Ive, Yugo Nakamura, Neri Oxman, and Jewel Burks Solomon. Bringing together an unprecedented array of sources on digital design, this comprehensive and richly illustrated book reveals how many of the digital practices we think of as cutting-edge actually originated in the analog age and how the history of digital design is as much about our changing relationship to forms as the forms themselves. This book's distinctive cover design features an overlay of raised dots printed in clear ink. The dots are tactile representations of the pixels that make up so much of digital design and refer to the origins of the term "digital"-- digitus is the Latin word for finger, the most basic means of counting. As with the printing of braille, the pattern of raised dots is made to be felt with the fingers, or digits.

LC Classification NumberNK1520.E85 2023

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