Alexandra Midal's Design: from architecture's accident to a totality of its own

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https://doi.org/10.46516/inmaterial.v8.191

Abstract

“Design by Accident: For a New History of Design” is a book by historian Alexandra Midal, published in 2019 by Sternberg Press. It is a translation of Midal’s doctoral thesis, supervised by Pascal Rousseau, and defended in 2012 at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

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Mário Moura, Universidade do Porto (Porto)

Mário Moura is a design, art, and culture critic and curator based in Porto. A teacher and researcher, he writes regular- ly for newspapers and magazines. He authored the books Design em Tempos de Crise (Braço de Ferro, 2009), O Design Que o Design Não Vê (Orfeu Negro, 2017), A Força da Forma (Orfeu Negro, 2019), Páginas Inquie- tas. Sobre documentos Insubmissos (Dois Dias, 2019). He teaches History and Criticism of Design and Editorial Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. He is a member of the Institute of Research in Art, Design, and Society (i2ADS).

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2024-01-18

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Moura, M. 2024. Alexandra Midal’s Design: from architecture’s accident to a totality of its own. INMATERIAL. Diseño, Arte y Sociedad. 8, 16 (Jan. 2024), 110 p. DOI:https://doi.org/10.46516/inmaterial.v8.191.

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Vol. 8 No. 16 (2023): Visions of the Future : Iberian Visual Culture After Democracy, 1974-1998

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