Design thinking and the question of modernity

Design Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-231

  Wylant, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avant garde; Design theory; Design thinking; Modernism; Modernity; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ESTHETIC PROPERTY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953318626     PISSN: 14606925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175470710X12735884220970     Document Type: Article

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