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Silvio Lorusso: What Design Can't Do - SoftcoverDesign is broken. Young and not so young designers are becoming increasingly aware of this. Many feel impotent: they were told they had the tools to make the world a better place, but instead the world takes its toll on them. Beyond a haze of hype and bold claims lies a barren land of self doubt and impostor syndrome. Although these feels might be the Millennial norm, design culture reinforces them. In conferences we learn that 'with great power comes
- Design is broken. Young and not-so-young designers are becoming increasingly aware of this. Many feel impotent: they were told they had the tools to make the world a better place, but instead the world takes its toll on them. Beyond a haze of hype and bold claims lies a barren land of self-doubt and impostor syndrome. Although these ‘feels’ might be the Millennial norm, design culture reinforces them. In conferences we learn that 'with great power comes great responsibility' but, when it comes to real-life clients, all they ask is to 'make the logo bigger'.
- This book probes the disillusionment that permeates design. It tackles the deskilling effects provoked by digital semi-automation, the instances of ornamental politics fashioned to please the museum-educational complex, the nebulous promises of design schools. While reviving historical expressions of disenchantment, Silvio Lorusso examines present-day memes and social media rants. To depict this disheartening crisis, he crafts a new critical vocabulary for readers to build upon. What this exposé reveals is both worrying and refreshing: rather than producing a meaningful order, design might be just about inhabiting chaos.
- What was once a promising field rooted in problem-solving has become a problem in itself. The skill set of designers appears shaky and insubstantial – their expertise is received with indifference, their know-how is trivialised by online services, their work is compromised by a series of unruly external factors. If you see yourself as a designer without qualities; if you feel cheated, disappointed or betrayed by design, this book is for you.
Pages: 352
Size (cm): 13 x 20
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★★★★★ 5
Works well, looks stupid with the logo display
This fits well in the vent frame and I am still able to close my vent. I really like the mount cause it solves a huge problem of where to put my phone securely... but I also hate it as well, because of the ugly logo on the face of it. "Batdiary"? Seriously? If I keep it I will look for a way to get rid of (or cover up) the extremely unattractive logo they selected. It makes it (and my trucks interior) look loke something for a child. I give it 5 stars because it deserves better than the 3.9 it had at the time of posting this. But for the love of everything clean and classy but still needing a mount, get rid of the bat logo!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2026
★★★★★ 4
No cheap plastic
Holds good
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Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2026
★★★★★ 3
Good, but minor issues
The build quality seemed impressive and it felt sturdy. When installed, it definitely stayed in the air vent without wiggling or coming loose after quite a bit of off roading and driving over washboards.
I returned this thing and bought the "off roam" competitor because of two reasons:
1) the ball joints don't tighten down hard enough to lock the position of the mount firmly. It grips well when you don't touch it, but if you are trying to put the phone into the mount without both hands, it shifts and moves with minimal pressure. Kind of annoying for me, I feel the ball joints should tighten enough not to budge if given a tiny bit of force or accidental bump.
2) the inner springs of the phone holder started loosening and making an obnoxious vibrating/rattling sound after about a month. Any bump or minor rough surface caused this thing to rattle like loose change in a cup holder IF THE PHONE WASNT IN IT. If the phone was in the holder it didn't do this at all. It started to drive me crazy.
If you can get past these two things it's built well enough and works perfectly fine. I just expect a bit more for $50-$60.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Perfect for Tacoma
This mount fits my 2014 Tacoma perfectly and holds my phone securely without any wobble.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Rare accessory for VW Arteon
Size: 2019-2020 Arteon
After market items made specifically for the 2019-2020 VW Arteon are rare. Picked it up quickly!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024
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