What was design? Declarations and definitions from a century of creative quest

<p>A quick starter to one of modernity's most contested terms. This book pits 87 historical one-sentence answers to "What is design?" from practitioners, theorists, and philosophers against one another, presenting a century of design thinking in its most compact form. The selection is accompanied by an essay from editor Florian Walzel exploring the deeper reasons behind the conceptual ambiguity of design. A year register at the back maps all 87 contributors chronologically, from Kem Weber in 1925 to Silvio Lorusso in 2023.</p> <p>Edited by Florian Walzel. Design by Paul Jürgens. Published by Slanted Publishers, 2026. 152 pages, 12 x 19 cm, hardcover with round spine, thread-stitching.</p>