Abstract
The article explores the contemporary condition of design, proposing a parallel reading between a diagnosis of modernist sculpture of the 1960s by art historian Rosalind Krauss and the state of present-day design. Two competing notions of design will be presented and discussed; a broad notion represented by Herbert Simon and the expanded notion of design, and a guarded notion represented by Bruce Archer. Using a structuralist mapping of the field of design, the objective is to rethink contemporary design and dislocate our attention from what design is to how design works.
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10.21606/nordes.2009.015
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Leerberg, M.(2009) Design in the Expanded Field: Rethinking Contemporary Design., Nordes 2009: Engaging Artifacts, 29 August - 01 September, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2009.015
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Design in the Expanded Field: Rethinking Contemporary Design
The article explores the contemporary condition of design, proposing a parallel reading between a diagnosis of modernist sculpture of the 1960s by art historian Rosalind Krauss and the state of present-day design. Two competing notions of design will be presented and discussed; a broad notion represented by Herbert Simon and the expanded notion of design, and a guarded notion represented by Bruce Archer. Using a structuralist mapping of the field of design, the objective is to rethink contemporary design and dislocate our attention from what design is to how design works.