Design by Accident women and perhaps even plumb the

and perhaps even plumb the depths of something unknowable about both the sitter and the photographer

Karlheinz Weinberger

Sam Jacob and other significant voices in the field

there are many things that are not actually understood very well

Design by Accident women and perhaps even plumb theIn Design by Accident, Alexandra Midal declares the autonomy of design, in and on its own terms. This meticulously researched work proposes not only a counterhistory but a new historiography of design, shedding light on overlooked historical landmarks and figures while reevaluating the legacies of design's established luminaries from the nineteenth century to the present. Midal rejects both linear narratives of progress and the long held perception of