http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/
http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/
(((If J G. Ballard was an industrial designer. Anthony Dunne:
"My default mental model of a 'user' is a tortured, existential soul drifting through a complex, technologically mediated consumer landscape.")))
Link: Design Interactions, Design Noir.
Book Design Noir: The secret life of electronic objects.
Author Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby
ISBN 3764365668Date 2001 (August/Birkhauser)
"Beneath the glossy surface of official design lurks a dark andstrange world driven by real human needs. A place where electronic objects co-star in a noir thriller..."
'Design Noir' is a guidebook to an invisible but very real landscape, one shaped by electromagnetic forces we do not usually acknowledge and can hardly sense. Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, two of the most intriguing designers working in Britain today, explore the way we interact with electronic objects, our environment and other people.
"Most electronic products are bland and predictable, designed for mass appeal - Dunne and Raby make the case for different experiences and genres, for environments and products that can be disturbing, subversive, funny and poetic. In this accessible and entertaining book, they introduce their ground-breaking research to a broader audience...."
