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Where Stuff Comes From - How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are (Paperback, New edition)
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Where Stuff Comes From - How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are (Paperback, New edition)
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We are living in the age of packaging, where books really are
judged by their covers. Corporations now have branded identities
and maintain narratives about who they are and what they sell.
Every aspect of a product is designed to appeal. This award-winning
book is the first sociological study of industrial design, showing
the success or failure of goods based on their actual 'career' over
time. It is a meditation into the meaning of the stuff in our lives
and what that stuff in turn says about us. Moltoch takes a sweeping
look at the role of design in contemporary life, covering
everything from toasters to cars and garlic presses. He shows how
the look, the touch, and the mechanics of any product reflect the
way our culture and economy combine -- how we interact, do
business, exploit technology, and use art. On this fascinating
exploration of the worlds of technology, design, corporate and
popular culture, we see how corporations, designers, retailers,
advertisers, and other middle-men influence what a thing can be and
how it is made. We see the way goods link into ordinary life as
well as vast systems of consumption, economic and political
operation. the world.
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