Platform 8: An Index of Design & Research

Richly illustrated and structured as an encyclopedic survey in which entries are presented alphabetically, from academia to zoo, this book exposes a particular moment of design culture at the Harvard Graduate School and documents both scholarly discourse and material production as concomitant artifacts of contemporary practice, design, education, and academic research. Each edition of Platform 8--the annual publication of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design--aims to present the diversity of design and research projects produced at the school. Collaborating in its production are well-known architects, landscape architects, and designers, and theorists. This volume uses the concept of the index as a means to navigate the multiple layers of concepts incorporated within the work. Both text and image appear as pictures of processes, pedagogies, and products of design. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)