Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of essays which revisits D'Arcy Thompson's On Growth and Form to explore the link between morphology and form-making in historical and contemporary design. Originally presented at the ACSA East Central conference "On Growth and Form: the Engineering of Nature" held at the University of Waterloo in 2001. Contributions by: Manuel Baez, Philip Beesley, Sarah Bonnemaison, Nat Chard, Dorte Kuhlmann, Christine Macy, Reinhold Martin, Hajo Neis, Kevin Nute, Ann Richards, Thomas Seebohm, Ryszard Sliwka, Edgar Stach, and Hadas A. Steiner.
