How to See: Visual Adventures in a World God Never Made

Forty years later, this cult book has been brought back to life with a fresh, new look and feel. A new edition of George Nelson's classic guide to visual appreciation, released on the fortieth anniversary of its original publicationOriginally published in 1977 by iconic American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, George Nelson's critically acclaimed manifesto on how to recognize, evaluate, and understand the objects and landscape of the man-made world has influenced generations of design professionals, students, and aficionados. At a time when our collective fascination with design has gone global, by one of the 20th century's most important design thinkers and will continue to educate and inspire readers everywhere.

One of the founding fathers of American modernism, industrial designer and architect George Nelson produced some of the twentieth century's most iconic objects, and served as the long-time director of design at Herman Miller.

But this terrific book pulls it off spectacularly well. In this book beautifully updated and introduced by Michael Beirut, Nelson uses his own snapshots and graphics to illustrate the problem and suggest that things could be so much better. You'll always find an insightful nugget and an entertaining piece of wisdom It's hard of course to avoid appearing somewhat pompous whilst accusing the general population of being visually illiterate. dip in and out at will. Now after a full-scale revamp, it's as relevant as ever."—ShortList"A new edition of George Nelson's insightful 1977 book, How to See, shows how visual literacy can be learned - and its teachings have never more been needed The intention behind this book as admirable and simple Thankfully the writing style is anything but stuffy and academic It doesn't even matter what order you read the book in. "Five years after John Berger wrote Ways of Seeing, architect, designer and teacher Georg

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