Main entry:

Martegani, Paolo, 1938-

Title & Author:

Digital design : new frontiers for the objects / Paolo Martegani, Riccardo Montenegro ; [translation from Italian to English, Darragh Henegan].

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 2000.

Description:

93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm

Series:

The IT revolution in architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92).
The evolutionary function -- Strategic design -- The software product -- From the object to the process -- Parallel fields -- Multimedia and the object -- Multimedia objects -- The robot -- Ubiquitous computing -- Digital processing -- Artificial animals -- Multimedia objects for communication -- Designing the interface -- Guidance, monitoring, checking -- Multimedia objects in home design -- Intelligent buildings -- High tech habitat -- Home theatre -- The interactive environment -- The metamorphosis of light -- Multimedia objects to wear -- Tools for travelling -- Cellular vs. computer -- Affectionate computers -- From the set-square to the bit -- Real sign, virtual sign -- Traditional means and the new design approach -- The art of manipulation -- The cultural roots of the digital imagination -- From style to design -- The form of the project -- The formal categories -- Plasticity and geometry -- Assembly, joints and connections -- Transparency -- Deformation.

Summary:

The digital is bringing about radical changes. We are surrounded by objects which are causing our relationship with the world around us to become increasingly intangible and virtual. This text explores the work of the designer under these circumstances.

ISBN:

3764362960 (paperback)
9783764362966 (paperback)

Subject:

New products Computer-aided design.
Industrial design Technological innovations.
Design Innovations.
Produits nouveaux Conception assistée par ordinateur.
Industrial design.
Technological innovations.
New products.
Computer-aided design.
Industriedesign
Neue Medien
Dreidimensionales CAD

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

IT revolution in architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216048
Call No.: NA44.M375.A35 2000
Status: Available