Klaus Krippendorff wrote a chapter in a book about product design at the Ulm School of Design in Germany from 1953-1968. He discusses how the school pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to design that combined art, technology, and social sciences. The school's emphasis on empirical research and testing of prototypes influenced modern design practices. However, political pressures in Germany led to the closure of the school in 1968. Former faculty and students went on to establish new design programs around the world to continue developing the Ulm approach to design.
Klaus Krippendorff wrote a chapter in a book about product design at the Ulm School of Design in Germany from 1953-1968. He discusses how the school pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to design that combined art, technology, and social sciences. The school's emphasis on empirical research and testing of prototypes influenced modern design practices. However, political pressures in Germany led to the closure of the school in 1968. Former faculty and students went on to establish new design programs around the world to continue developing the Ulm approach to design.
Klaus Krippendorff wrote a chapter in a book about product design at the Ulm School of Design in Germany from 1953-1968. He discusses how the school pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to design that combined art, technology, and social sciences. The school's emphasis on empirical research and testing of prototypes influenced modern design practices. However, political pressures in Germany led to the closure of the school in 1968. Former faculty and students went on to establish new design programs around the world to continue developing the Ulm approach to design.
Klaus Krippendorff wrote a chapter in a book about product design at the Ulm School of Design in Germany from 1953-1968. He discusses how the school pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to design that combined art, technology, and social sciences. The school's emphasis on empirical research and testing of prototypes influenced modern design practices. However, political pressures in Germany led to the closure of the school in 1968. Former faculty and students went on to establish new design programs around the world to continue developing the Ulm approach to design.
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2008
Designing in Ulm and Off Ulm
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Krippendorff, K. (2008). Designing in Ulm and off Ulm. In K.-A. Czemper (Ed.), HfG, Ulm; Die Abteilung Produktgestaltung; 39 Rückblicke (pp. 55-72). Dortmund, Germany: Verlag Dorothea Rohn. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/138
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