Top This and Other Parables of Design
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Top This and Other Parables of Design by Phil Patton
Published to coincide with a memorial for the late design writer Phil Patton, this is a compilation of 38 of his incisive and witty essays on design.
Phil Patton (1952–2015) was a design journalist, curator and author. He wrote regularly about automobile design for the New York Times. His books include Open Road: A Celebration of The American Highway; Made in USA: The Secret Histories of the Things that Made America; Bug, a cultural history of the Volkswagen Beetle; and Dreamland, about the culture of experimental aircraft.
Caroline Baumann became the Director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in 2013.
Edward Tufte is a statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.
Caroline Baumann became the Director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in 2013.
Edward Tufte is a statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781942303152 |
| ISBN 10 | 1942303157 |
| Title | Top This and Other Parables of Design |
| Author | Phil Patton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cooper-Hewitt Museum |
| Year published | 2017-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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