Nature and Art of Workmanship

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.

• Foreword: Apostle of workmanship1. Design proposes. Workmanship disposes2. The workmanship of risk, the workmanship of certainty3. Is anything done by hand?4. Quality in workmanship5. The designer's power to communicate his intentions6. The natural order reflected in the work of a man7. Diversity8. Durability9. Equivocality10. Critique of 'On the Nature of Gothic'11. The aesthetic importance of workmanship, and its futureIndex