{"product_id":"design-and-truth","title":"Design and Truth","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDesign and Truth\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRobert Grudin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300171310\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound meditation on how design reflects the uses and abuses of power from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eTime and the Art of Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If good design tells the truth,\" writes Robert Grudin in this path-breaking book on esthetics and authority, \"poor design tells a lie, a lie usually related . . . to the getting or abusing of power.\"\u003cp\u003eFrom the ornate cathedrals of Renaissance Europe to the much-maligned Ford Edsel of the late 1950s, all products of human design communicate much more than their mere intended functions. Design holds both psychological and moral power over us, and these forces may be manipulated, however subtly, to surprising effect. In an argument that touches upon subjects as seemingly unrelated as the Japanese tea ceremony, Italian mannerist painting, and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation, Grudin turns his attention to the role of design in our daily lives, focusing especially on how political and economic powers impress themselves on us through the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough architects and designers will find valuable insights here, Grudin's intended audience is not exclusively the trained expert but all those who use designs and live within them every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Design and Truth | Robert Grudin | Paperback | 9780300171310 | Used: Like New | Architecture \u0026 Design 1704344 (temp: 10)","offer_id":48742947225752,"sku":"1704344","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51r8F_pJWSL.jpg?v=1773853613","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/design-and-truth","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}