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Reinventing the Wheel (Paperback)

by Jessica Helfand (Author)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1568985967
ISBN-13: 978-1568985961
Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.8 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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"A locus for focus, a little engine, a thought generator." - "Eye". "This thoroughly unusual book will delight graphic, information, and book designers. It will equally fascinate those interested in intellectual history, history of technology, and popular culture." - "Library Journal". Now available in paperback, this delightful book spins the history of the information wheel, as inventive and instructive as intriguing, that has been used since the fourteenth century to measure, record, predict, and calculate everything from time and space to military history to recipes. In this fascinating book, designer and critic Jessica Helfand offers an in-depth look at these unique artifacts, which are not only clever and amusing but, Helfand argues, relevant as a model for modern interactive design. From circular mathematical slide rules to Captain Marvel phonetic decoders, "Reinventing the Wheel" demonstrates the astonishing range and remarkable utility of these ingenious 'interactive' tools.

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3.0 out of 5 stars mor a personal collection rather than a study of a subject, 1 Jan 2003

By	Doug Leith (dleith@businesslab.co.uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reinventing the Wheel (A Winterhouse book) (Hardcover)

There are many directions in which people may be drawn to this book - mine was from the perspective of understanding novel approaches to interacting with information.

From that perspective, the book is a slight disappointment in that it doesn't explain how the more involved designs actually work, or what the main generic designs are and where they may be best applied.

However, that criticism shouldn't detract from what is a beautifully presented collection of interactive discs from many decades (and centuries). Many discs are of a simple look-up table format and designed to be promotional freebies, although there are a few more unique examples, such as a means of measuring colour blindness.

The overall feel is of someone who has published a catalogue of their personal artifact collection.

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