Watches tell more than time : product design, information, and the quest for elegance /
Del Coates.
- xv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.
Introduction -- The Product Sea -- Design Priorities -- Daimons, Zeitgeists, and Icons -- From Bauhaus to Broadway -- Products as Media -- Form and Information -- States of Mind and Body -- Liking and Disliking -- Objective Concinnity -- Subjective Concinnity -- Winning Design -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
"The design of every product conveys certain information, and modern consumers are experts in reading the language of product design. Most of us can discern the different messages conveyed by a Rolex versus a Swatch, a Porsche versus a Hummer, a Kenneth Cole versus a Bally, or an iMac versus a Compaq. But whether we're talking watches, cars, shoes, personal computers, or any other mass-produced item, how many of us can say with any real conviction what differentiates a good design from a bad one, or exactly how the good design manages to tell its story so clearly and so well to so many people?" "Design experts, psychologists, marketing theorists, and even French philosophers have wrestled with these questions for nearly a century. But few have provided more comprehensive or persuasive answers than international industrial design authority Del Coates has in this accessible book. Watches Tell More than Time is a much needed resource for shaping corporate design strategies, evaluating product designs at any stage of development or marketing - and optimizing them."--BOOK JACKET.
0071362436 9780071362436
2002024419
Clock and watch making Clocks and watches Industrial design Product design