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Author Adams, Sean, author.

Title How design makes us think : and feel and do things / Sean Adams.

Publication Info. Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2021]
©2021

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 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Non Fiction  741.6 ADA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  741.6 ADA    Check Shelf
Description 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Note Subtitle from cover.
Includes index.
Contents Seduction -- Efficiency -- Love -- Humor -- Intelligence -- Elegance -- Pride -- Innovation -- Innocence -- Nostalgia -- Anger -- Pleasure -- Honesty.
Summary "In hundreds of case studies across design disciplines, and using accessible language, AIGA medalist Sean Adams demonstrates the overt and covert techniques expert graphic designers use to engender a reaction in their audience"-- Provided by publisher.
"From posters to cars, design is everywhere. While we often discuss the aesthetics of design, we don't always dig deeper to unearth the ways design can overtly, and covertly, convince us of a certain way of thinking. How Design Makes Us Think collects hundreds of examples across graphic design, product design, industrial design, and architecture to illustrate how design can inspire, provoke, amuse, anger, or reassure us. Graphic designer Sean Adams walks us through the power of design to attract attention and convey meaning. The book delves into the sociological, psychological, and historical reasons for our responses to design, offering practitioners and clients alike a new appreciation of their responsibility to create design with the best intentions. How Design Makes Us Think is an essential read for designers, advertisers, marketing professionals, and anyone who wants to understand how the design around us makes us think, feel, and do things."--Google Books viewed Apr. 19, 2021.
Subject Graphic arts -- Technique.
Graphic arts -- Psychology.
Visual communication.
Visual perception.
Graphic arts -- Study and teaching.
Emotions in art.
Social control.
Social engineering.
Visual perception. (OCoLC)fst01168049
Visual communication. (OCoLC)fst01167997
Emotions in art. (OCoLC)fst00908862
Graphic arts -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00946627
Graphic arts -- Technique. (OCoLC)fst00946632
Social control. (OCoLC)fst01122415
Social engineering. (OCoLC)fst01122444
Other Form: Online version: Adams, Sean. How design makes us think. Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2021] 9781648960284 (OCoLC)1244617609
ISBN 1616899778 (pbk.)
9781616899776 (pbk.)
1616899727 (hbk.)
9781616899721 (hbk.)
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