The Strange Order of Things
Book description
'Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe ... [A] brave and honest book' The New York Times Book Review
The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Strange Order of Things as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is outside the box a little for design-related books but there is an important reason why I list it.
I began with Johnson’s The Meaning of the Body and end with The Strange Order of Things because they are both body-based studies. Ultimately, we feel the way we do about art and design because of our bodies, our sensing, and our interaction with the world.
It is important to know as a designer, but also simply as a human, that the foundation of our feeling about art and design is the same as our feeling about the taste of…
From Frank's list on design sensing.
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