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Design, Ethics, and Humanism
Author(s) -
Guellerin Christian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
design management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1557-0614
DOI - 10.1111/drev.12264
Subject(s) - humanism , dimension (graph theory) , the arts , scale (ratio) , face (sociological concept) , sociology , human dimension , aesthetics , engineering ethics , environmental ethics , engineering , political science , social science , art , philosophy , law , mathematics , geography , human rights , cartography , pure mathematics
But what is left of Design, the humanist discipline born of the applied arts? What is left of the “unique human dimension and the esthetic values of traditional, small‐scale production”? Design has always been a humanistic activity that looks to the future to create innovative solutions to the problems that people face. Has this role changed in today's world?