[Ebook pdf] Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
♥ Henry Petroski ♥
| #1526825 in Books | Vintage | 2004-09-14 | 2004-09-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.70 x5.20l,.70 | File Name: 1400032938 | 306 pages |
||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| How to beef up a book|By Designer|It seems obvious to me that Petroski had to beef up this book. There are some interesting design critique and stories in the book. About 2 interesting items per chapter. The rest of the book is dry musings by the author. He endlessly repeats the same idea over and over. The author even includes the notes he wrote for the chapter ideas for|From Publishers Weekly|"Design can be easy and difficult at the same time, but in the end, it is mostly difficult." So writes engineering professor Petroski (The Evolution of Useful Things, etc.) in his latest effort, a wide-ranging exploration of the history a
Why has the durable paper shopping bag been largely replaced by its flimsy plastic counterpart? What circuitous chain of improvements led to such innovations as the automobile cup holder and the swiveling vegetable peeler? With the same relentless curiosity and lucid, witty prose he brought to his earlier books, Henry Petroski looks at some of our most familiar objects and reveals that they are, in fact, works in progress. For there can never be an end to the quest for ...
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