Thomas Feichtner Design Unplugged

The book Design Unplugged illustrates very lucidly that, in the digital age, analogue hand sketches still fulfil an important role as a form of illustration, having taken on a new quality. Thomas Feichtner, an internationally established designer based in Vienna, has rediscovered hand sketching as a key element of his design process. Sketches in the form of mental notes vague, unadulterated and unfiltered. Over years he has created designs that share pencil sketches as a common ground and visual link. His book does not contain any illustrations of completed work in the field of furniture product design, but only shows pencil sketches some of which previously unpublished that have preceded the products. They provide an authentic insight into the daily work of the successful product designer. Design reduced to pencil and paper unplugged rather than the full orchestration of all digital possibilities. Design Unplugged illustrates a personal approach to design, which the products alone would not reveal.