{"product_id":"9789083449883","title":"Designerly Ways of Knowing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA poetical list of essential knowledge for designers that both politicizes and inspires\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, the architect and activist Michael Sorkin published the now beloved essay-list \"Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Know.\" Struck by the compelling form of this text, Danah Abdulla compiled a version for designers—\"a list based on a search for knowledge and a designer’s commitment to making the world a better place,\" as she writes. Abdulla’s list includes the experience of scents; how critical theory does not account for the colonial experience; the dangers of seeking out simplicity; visual pollution; and how certain emblems and symbols make people feel. It is meant to be approached as a series of prompts to consider, discard or spark a conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanah Abdulla\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1986) is a Palestinian Canadian designer, educator and researcher. She is Program Director of Graphic Design at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, and a founding member of the Decolonising Design platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 64 pages | 4.50\" x 7.00\"    \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Danah Abdulla","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041872986344,"sku":"9789083449883x","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cb4af889-2900-4bfa-a5f4-9d8c2905ebe4.jpg?v=1739301770","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/9789083449883","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}