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Describes the world's leading approach to art and design taught at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). This book illuminates how RISD nurtures the creative process, from brief or prompt to outcome, along with guidance on the critical questions and research that enable making great works of art and design.

Table of Contents

Foreword 5
John Maeda

Preface 11
Frank R. Wilson

The Art of Critical Making: An Introduction 19
Rosanne Somerson

Groundwork 32
Leslie Hirst

Text and Context: Outward in All Directions 52
Daniel Cavicchi

Conversation: Drawing 74
Patricia C. Phillips

Thingking 94
John Dunnigan

Object Lessons 116
Sarah Ganz Blythe

Conversation: Materials 138
Kelly Dobson

Graphic Design, Storytelling, and the Making of Meaning 164
Lucinda Hitchcock

The Nature Imperative 190
Neal Overstrom

Conversation: Critique 210
Eva Sutton

Acting into the Unknown 230
Pradeep Sharma

Afterword 245
Mara L. Hermano

Acknowledgments 251

Contributors 253

Illustrations 261

Index 265

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9781118517864, 978-1118517864
      ISBN10: 1118517865
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes the world's leading approach to art and design taught at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). This book illuminates how RISD nurtures the creative process, from brief or prompt to outcome, along with guidance on the critical questions and research that enable making great works of art and design.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword 5
      John Maeda

      Preface 11
      Frank R. Wilson

      The Art of Critical Making: An Introduction 19
      Rosanne Somerson

      Groundwork 32
      Leslie Hirst

      Text and Context: Outward in All Directions 52
      Daniel Cavicchi

      Conversation: Drawing 74
      Patricia C. Phillips

      Thingking 94
      John Dunnigan

      Object Lessons 116
      Sarah Ganz Blythe

      Conversation: Materials 138
      Kelly Dobson

      Graphic Design, Storytelling, and the Making of Meaning 164
      Lucinda Hitchcock

      The Nature Imperative 190
      Neal Overstrom

      Conversation: Critique 210
      Eva Sutton

      Acting into the Unknown 230
      Pradeep Sharma

      Afterword 245
      Mara L. Hermano

      Acknowledgments 251

      Contributors 253

      Illustrations 261

      Index 265

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