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Dansk design: Ganske enkelt, 2020

Dansk designs definerende kvalitet er den enkelhed, der mere nogen anden krakteriserer det bedste i dansk design. Bogen beskriver som den første – hvorfor enkelhed er interesanr, og hvordan enkelhed har sat og sætter sine spor i dansk design. Efter en robust gennemgang af dansk design op til nu præsenterer bogen nutidig dansk design omkring seks temaer: Inspiration udefra handler om forenkling af udenlandske arketyper, mens Fleksibilitet omfatter design. hvor én brugsting erstatter flere brugsting. Monokomponenter præsenterer brugsting gjort af ét stykke materiale, og Geometri handler om brugsting med matematisk definerede enkle former. Orden beskriver enkelhed sat i system, og endelig handler Skulptur om design, der trods oplevelsesrig form er enkelt.Inspiration udefra handler om forenkling af udenlandske arketyper, mens Fleksibilitet omfatter design. hvor én brugsting erstatter flere brugsting. Monokomponenter præsenterer brugsting gjort af ét stykke materiale, og Geometri handler om brugsting med matematisk definerede enkle former. Orden beskriver enkelhed sat i system, og endelig handler Skulptur om design, der trods oplevelsesrig form er enkelt.

Simplicity: A Matter of Design, 2009

Simplicity comes in two different flavors: quantitative simplicity and qualitative simplicity. Qualitative simplicity can be counted and measured. How many parts in the chair? Qualitative simplicity addresses the senses: How easy is it to comprehend the chair? Lack of quantitive simplicity means complexity. Lack of qualitive simplicity leads to complication. Complexity often leads to complication. We seek simplicity for three reasons: functionality, aesthetics, and ethics.

Data Design: Visualizing Quantities Locations, 2008

Data visualization reorganises data, presenting it in ways that answer relevant questions by making data easily pervceptible and comprehensible. It domesticates raw data to make it clear and usable as a basis for decisions. The book deals with three subject categories: quantities, locations, and connections.

Pretense Design: Surface over substance, 2008

Pretense design pretends o be something that it is not. It includes all kinds of designed objects: a pair of glasses that looks like a fashion accessory rather than a medical necessity, a hotel in Las Vegas that simulates a Venetian ambience complete with canals and gondolas, boiler plates that look like steel but are vinyl. The book defines and describes a ubiquitous category that until now has not had a name. designed objects with nan intentional discrepancy between surface and substance.

Brandbook: Følelser Fornuft Branding, 200

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Den perfekte bog om branding, skrev Berlingske Tidende i avisens anmeldelse, der priste bogens enkle design og sprog. Fås også som ebog.

Wayfinding 2007 Wayfinding/Wayshowing, 2015

UNDER CONTRUCTION Designers of signposting usually call their chosen metier wayfinding. That is a misnomer. Designers work with wayshowing. In their professional capacity writers don’t work with readiing as little as chefs work with eating. The designers mistook the writer for the reader and chef for the guest

Collapsibles: An Album of Space Saving Objects, 2002

UNDER CONSTRUCTION Collapsible as a noun is a new word. It denotes a category of objects that unfold and fold. In fold condition the objects are small for storage and transport. In unfold condition the objects are large for use. An umbrella exemplifies. The book codifies twelve categories of collapsibles: Stress, Folding, Creasing, Bellows, Assembling, Hinging, Rolling, Sliding, Nesting, Inflation, Fanning, Concertina.

Marks of Excellence. The History and Taxonomy of Trademarks, 1967

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Mere end 25 år efter udgivelsen fungerer MoE stadig som referencværk for designere der beskæftiger sig med design af enhver form for logo