Law as a Lens for Understanding Design

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ID12922372
AuthorsCarma Gorman (0000-0002-9712-1006, Wild Sheep Foundation, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume6
Issue3
Pages269-290
Publication date2014-10-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDesign and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1754-7075 • E-ISSN: 1754-7083
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2752/175613114x14105155617267
OpenAlexW2058744005
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

In this article, which serves as an introduction to a special section of Design and Culture dedicated to design and the law, I propose four reasons why scholars of design would do well to make greater use of the law as a lens for understanding design. First, national laws and international agreements, especially those related to intellectual property (IP), tend to make greater demands of designers and manufacturers than they do of artists. Second, as a result, both designers and design historians have a greater need to understand the law than practitioners and scholars in other fields. Third, differences in the laws of various nations have significant but insufficiently recognized impacts on the behaviors of designers and manufacturers and thus on national design cultures. Fourth, as a result, it is important—sometimes even essential—to study design from a national perspective. Every nation has its own peculiar configuration of laws that can provide useful insights into its national design culture

Design elements and principles · Industrial design · Intellectual property · Lens (geology · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Through-the-lens metering · Computer Science · Copyright and Intellectual Property · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Engineering · Law · Law, AI, and Intellectual Property · Mechanical Engineering

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