Designing for Socialist Need - Industrial Design Practice in the German Democratic Republic (Paperback)

How does industrial design operate outside of capitalist consumer culture? Designing for Socialist Need assembles a detailed picture of industrial design practice in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR). Drawing on much previously unexplored material from a wide variety of sources, it not only maps out some of the ideological, institutional and economic contexts within which GDR design functioned, it also critically reconstructs the designers' aims and perspectives in order to argue that they shared a profoundly socially responsible approach to design. By focusing on their ideas and approaches, this volume attends to the previously unacknowledged intellectual and practical richness of GDR design culture and demonstrates that it can provide pertinent insights not only for scholars of GDR history or German design, but also for contemporary design practitioners, theorists and educators with an interest in sustainability in design.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Architecture
Release date:	November 2019
Authors:	Katharina Pfutzner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-43457-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-367-43457-1
Barcode:	9780367434571

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