David Pye, who died in 1993, was an architect, industrial designer and craftsman. For many years he was also Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art, London. He is also the author of Ships and The Nature and Aesthetics of Design.

This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. In

it, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship to

design and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzy

thinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept of

good workmanship and shows how it imparts all-important diversity to

our visual environment.

One of the classic books on the theory of craftsmanship and design.