DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla
DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know — by Danah Abdulla
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Text: Danah Abdulla
Editor: Set Margins’ publications

ISBN: 9789083449883 
Format: Softcover
Dimensions: 110mm x 175mm
Pages: 64

English language

A poetical list of essential knowledge for designers that both politicizes and inspires

In 2018, the architect and activist Michael Sorkin published the now beloved essay-list "Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Know." Struck by the compelling form of this text, Danah Abdulla compiled a version for designers—"a list based on a search for knowledge and a designer’s commitment to making the world a better place," as she writes. Abdulla’s list includes the experience of scents; how critical theory does not account for the colonial experience; the dangers of seeking out simplicity; visual pollution; and how certain emblems and symbols make people feel. It is meant to be approached as a series of prompts to consider, discard or spark a conversation.

About the authors

Danah Abdulla (born 1986) is a Palestinian Canadian designer, educator and researcher. She is Program Director of Graphic Design at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, and a founding member of the Decolonising Design platform.

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