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Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our
material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books
undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material,
examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and
macro level - in terms of both what it has been used to design and
how it has functioned as a 'world-making force', necessary to the
development of technologies and ideas. The research for the book is
informed by diverse fields of literature including industry
journals, contemporary accounts and technical literature - all
framed by rich, early accounts of iron and steel making from the
middle ages to the opening of the industrial age, and most notably,
the crucial works of Vannoccio Biringuccio, Georgius Agricola,
Andrew Ure and Harry Scrivenor. In contrast, trans-cultural
accounts of the history of metallurgy from eminent sinologists and
cultural historians like Joseph Neeham and G.E.R. Lloyd are used.
Readings on the pre-history and history of science, as well as
histories and philosophies technology from scholars such as
Siegfried Giedion, Merritt Roe Smith, L.T.C Rolt, Robert B. Gordon
inform the analysis. Social and economic history from historians
such as Eric Hobsbawn, William T. Hogan and David Brody are
consulted; labour process theory is also examined, particularly the
influential writings of F.W. Taylor in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries and his contemporary critics, like David Nobel and Harry
Braverman. Many other disciples also inform the account: histories
of urban design and architecture, transport and military history,
environmental history and geography.
Design Philosophy is becoming increasingly important as the nature
of design practice and design education change. "The Design
Philosophy Reader" presents and explains the recent emergence of
Design Philosophy, illustrates the main concerns of Design
Philosophy and demonstrates why Design Philosophy has emerged in
recent years, why it is needed, what it can do, how it can be done
and where it is going. Comprised of an eight thematic sections,
each with a short introduction, to contextualise theory and
highlight its implications, and annotated bibliographies, the
Reader presents both an argument for the need for Design Philosophy
and an overview of its emergence. With texts ranging from writing
on design that is informed by philosophy; philosophically informed
writing on culture, relevant to the thinking of design; ancient and
contemporary philosophy that directly, or by implication, addresses
design; and exegesis and commentary on philosophical texts relevant
to design.
Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our
material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books
undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material,
examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and
macro level - in terms of both what it has been used to design and
how it has functioned as a 'world-making force', necessary to the
development of technologies and ideas. The research for the book is
informed by diverse fields of literature including industry
journals, contemporary accounts and technical literature - all
framed by rich, early accounts of iron and steel making from the
middle ages to the opening of the industrial age, and most notably,
the crucial works of Vannoccio Biringuccio, Georgius Agricola,
Andrew Ure and Harry Scrivenor. In contrast, trans-cultural
accounts of the history of metallurgy from eminent sinologists and
cultural historians like Joseph Neeham and G.E.R. Lloyd are used.
Readings on the pre-history and history of science, as well as
histories and philosophies technology from scholars such as
Siegfried Giedion, Merritt Roe Smith, L.T.C Rolt, Robert B. Gordon
inform the analysis. Social and economic history from historians
such as Eric Hobsbawn, William T. Hogan and David Brody are
consulted; labour process theory is also examined, particularly the
influential writings of F.W. Taylor in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries and his contemporary critics, like David Nobel and Harry
Braverman. Many other disciples also inform the account: histories
of urban design and architecture, transport and military history,
environmental history and geography.
Design Philosophy is becoming increasingly important as the nature
of design practice and design education change. "The Design
Philosophy Reader" presents and explains the recent emergence of
Design Philosophy, illustrates the main concerns of Design
Philosophy and demonstrates why Design Philosophy has emerged in
recent years, why it is needed, what it can do, how it can be done
and where it is going. Comprised of an eight thematic sections,
each with a short introduction, to contextualise theory and
highlight its implications, and annotated bibliographies, the
Reader presents both an argument for the need for Design Philosophy
and an overview of its emergence. With texts ranging from writing
on design that is informed by philosophy; philosophically informed
writing on culture, relevant to the thinking of design; ancient and
contemporary philosophy that directly, or by implication, addresses
design; and exegesis and commentary on philosophical texts relevant
to design.
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