In a changing world everyone designs: each individual person and each collective subject; from enterprises to institutions; from communities to cities and regions; must define and enhance a life project. Sometimes these projects generate unprecedented solutions; sometimes they converge on common goals and realize larger transformations. As Ezio Manzini describes in this book; we are witnessing a wave of social innovations as these changes unfold -- an expansive open co-design process in which new solutions are suggested and new meanings are created. Manzini distinguishes between diffuse design (performed by everybody) and expert design (performed by those who have been trained as designers) and describes how they interact. He maps what design experts can do to trigger and support meaningful social changes; focusing on emerging forms of collaboration. These range from community-supported agriculture in China to digital platforms for medical care in Canada; from interactive storytelling in India to collaborative housing in Milan. These cases illustrate how expert designers can support these collaborations -- making their existence more probable; their practice easier; their diffusion and their convergence in larger projects more effective. Manzini draws the first comprehensive picture of design for social innovation: the most dynamic field of action for both expert and nonexpert designers in the coming decades.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fashion headlines of the past....By NeemI am making costumes for the Ren Fair and thought this book would be interesting. It is. My one criticism would be that it is all hand drawn art by the author....no reproductions of portraits or the like. But the drawings do tell the story and there a goodly number of them. White there is a lot of historical information about the periods as well as descriptions of the costumes of the day the author writes in what I would call a conversational tone. Its like she was sitting next to you giving you a trove of information. Im really enjoying it. If you have an interest in the development of fashion; you will like this book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great Reference!By Dominic J. DeRisoI used this book for a few classes during my undergrad program in tech thea. This book was a savior. It breaks down the eras into genders and styles into specific articles. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in costuming and fashion history. I feel it does give brief overviews of some parts but there are always other books to reference for more detailed information. But for great overviews and superb illustrations THIS IS A MUST HAVE BOOK1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. it would be great to have a better reference of the fashionBy AndreaI bought the kindle version of this book. It is very complete; and it has detailed information about costume. Is a shame that its impossible to read the descriptions in the images; it would be great to have a better reference of the fashion.
