Machines Studio

To gain a broader understanding of the subjects and issues specific to contemporary design, it is essential to examine, in particular, the conceptual and theoretical correspondences and overlaps that design shares with certain related disciplines, whether these stem from the humanities and social sciences or from engineering sciences and technologies.

This is precisely the aim of this book.
Bringing together authors, researchers and/or experts from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, this volume compiles an alphabetical guide to key terms that design shares with other related fields and disciplines. 26 letters of the alphabet for 47 words and notes, representing as many chapters from which the possibility of a truly ‘peridisciplinary’ approach to design emerges.

Edited by David Bihanic and Pascal Salembier.
Contributions de Yann Aucompte, Olaf Avenati, Ruedi Baur, Michael Baker, Anne Bationo Tillon, Vincent Beaubois, Gwenaëlle Bertrand, David Bihanic, Zoé Bonnardot, Camille Bosqué, Nicolas Brault, Stéphane Buellet, Stéphanie Buisine, Inès Di Loreto, Françoise Détienne, Ludovic Duhem, Jérémie Elalouf, Maxime Favard, Guillaume Giroud, Pauline Gourlet, Xavier Guchet, Armand Hatchuel, Catherine Letondal, Florent Levillain, Pierre Litzler, Gunther Ludwig, Anthony Masure, Aliénor Morvan, Nicolas Nova, Anne-Lyse Renon, Patricia Ribault, Stéphane Safin, Pascal Salembier.

Published in collaboration with the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and with the participation of the Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique (GIS) UTSH.

2026
French edition 11 x 20 cm
(paperback)
476 pages (ill.)