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Designing for People
By Henry Dreyfuss
Allworth Press, 2003.
Copublished
with DMI
When Designing for People was first published in 1955,
Henry Dreyfuss wrote, "in less than half a century it will
be A.D. 2000. Who can say what life will be like then?" If
anyone had an idea, it was Henry Dreyfuss. As we move into a new
millennium, we bring with us this quintessential guide. It is the
only book to feature his key ideas, professional accomplishments,
and timeless advice. This edition is composed of the entire 1955
book and, in addition, the material that Dreyfuss added to the 1968
edition (including his re-appraisal of what the future promised).
Designing for People is a time capsule, providing invaluable
insights into industrial design's past as well as catapulting our
imaginations into future possibilities for human engineering. It
is also the work of a great pioneer whose extraordinary journey
shows us why the industrial designer must have a true Renaissance
soul—at once an engineer, businessman, salesman, public relations
expert, and, of course, an artist.
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