What Is Design?: An Overview of Design in Context from Prehistory to 2000 A.D.

This book is an overview of the process of design as it has evolved from the earliest visual images and artifacts from prehistory to our modern practice of design. Originally written as a textbook for design students and design professionals, it is also oriented to the general public interest in the design arts and the fine arts.

Every object has a story to tell about its period in time, its culture, its maker and ways of making. This thought was the idea behind the making of this book - th...