Harvard GSD and ACTAR have recently released GSD Platform 2 (Amazon affiliate link), “a sampling of the most salient research and design explorations undertaken at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) during the 2008-2009 academic year.”
Organized thematically, the publication identifies underlying congruencies among studio work, theses, research, lectures, conferences, and writings to unfold some of the many critical ideas and interests currently being explored in the School. Ranging in scope from detailed material fabrication to large-scale territorial and infrastructural strategies, the work spans a broad and diverse set of geographies and scenarios. In documenting this work, the publication archives and disseminates the rich intellectual momentum of the GSD.
GSD Platform 2 is a chance to look into the work of tomorrow’s design leaders. It’s a hefty book, weighing nearly 2 pounds and containing 300 pages in full color and B/W, in a variety of different papers.
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