The Design of Material, Organism, and Minds Different Understandings
Design is eminent throughout different disciplines of science, engineering, humanities, and art. However, within these disciplines, the way in which the term design is understood and applied differs significantly. There still is a profound lack of interdi
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Silke Konsorski-Lang Michael Hampe (Eds.)
The Design of Material, Organism, and Minds Different Understandings of Design
Editors Dr. Silke Konsorski-Lang ETH Zurich Department of Computer Science Universita¨tstrasse 6 8092 Zurich CNB G 107.2 Switzerland [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-68995-9
Prof. Dr. Michael Hampe ETH Zurich Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences Ra¨mistr. 36 8092 Zurich RAC G 16 Switzerland [email protected]
e-ISBN 978-3-540-69002-3
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-69002-3 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York X.media.publishing ISSN 1612-1449 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009940400 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: Ku¨nkelLopka GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgements
The motivation of this book comes from our lecture series “What is Design?” and reflects the research carried out within the first phase of the Competence Center for Digital Design and Modeling. In one of our steering committee meetings, I proposed to the committee to bring out a book about the different understandings of design. At the same time that we were thinking about bringing out a book and reflecting about a publisher, Mr. Engesser from Springer Verlag contacted Michael Hampe, asking if he would be interested in writing a book. This is how it happened that we met Mr. Engesser in Zurich and told him about our idea. The project began with this pleasant coincidence. So we started to verify our ideas and what we really wanted to present in our book. This book would not have been possible without all the work and effort the authors have put into their contributions. This project was accompanied by very good collaboration, discussions and inputs. Our special thanks go to Debbie Bregenzer for not only proof reading all articles, but also for the valuable comments and questions she had. We are very thankful to our publisher, Springer, for accepting our proposal and to everybody involved in bringing this book to life. Special thanks go to Dorothea Glaunsinger and Gabriele Fischer for all their patient understanding and support of the pr
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