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1. This book provides the first extended study of heritage from the
point of view of design history. 2. Demonstrating that design
historical methods of inquiry contribute significantly to critical
heritage studies, the book will be of great interest to academics,
researchers and students engaged in the study of heritage, design
history, material culture, folklore, art history, architectural
history, and social and cultural history. 3. There are no existing
titles which directly focus on the relationship between design
(history) and heritage (studies).
1. This book provides the first extended study of heritage from the
point of view of design history. 2. Demonstrating that design
historical methods of inquiry contribute significantly to critical
heritage studies, the book will be of great interest to academics,
researchers and students engaged in the study of heritage, design
history, material culture, folklore, art history, architectural
history, and social and cultural history. 3. There are no existing
titles which directly focus on the relationship between design
(history) and heritage (studies).
This is the first anthology to address Design History as an
established discipline, a field of study which is developing a
contextualised understanding of the role of design and designed
objects within social and cultural history. Extracts range from the
18th Century, when design and manufacture separated, to the present
day. Drawn from scholarly and polemical books, research articles,
exhibition catalogues, and magazines, the extracts are placed in
themed sections, with each section separately introduced and each
concluded with an annotated guide to further reading. Covering both
primary texts (such as the writings of designers and design
reformers) and secondary texts (in the form of key works of design
history), the reader provides an essential resource for
understanding the history of design, the development of the
discipline, and contemporary issues in design history and practice.
Authors include: Judy Attfield, Jeremy Aynsley, Reyner Banham,
Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Walter Benjamin, Pierre Bourdieu,
Christopher Breward, Denise Scott Brown, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Clive
Dilnot, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Greenhalgh, Dick Hebdige, Steven
Heller, John Heskett, Pat Kirkham, Adolf Loos, Victor Margolin,
Karl Marx, Jeffrey Meikle, William Morris, Gillian Naylor, Victor
Papanek, Nikolaus Pevsner, John Ruskin, Adam Smith, Penny Sparke,
John Styles, Nancy Troy, Thorstein Veblen, Robert Venturi, John
Walker, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Domestic advice literature is rich in information about design,
ideals of domesticity, consumption and issues of identity, yet this
literature remains a relatively neglected resource in comparison
with magazines and film. Design at Home brings together etiquette,
homemaking and home decoration advice as sources in the first
systematic demonstration of the historical value of domestic advice
literature as a genre of word and image, and a discourse of
dominance. This book traces a transatlantic domestic dialogue
between the UK and the US as the chapters explore issues of design,
domesticity, consumption, social interaction and identity markers
including class, gender and age. Areas covered include: * the use
of domestic advice by historians * relationships between advice,
housing and the middle class * links between advice and gender *
advice and the teenage consumer Design at Home is essential reading
for students and scholars of cultural and social history, design
history, and cultural studies.
Iconic Designs is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to
fifty classic 'things' - designs that we find in the city, in our
homes and offices, on page and screen, and in our everyday lives.
In her introduction, Grace Lees-Maffei explores what makes a design
'iconic', and fifty essays by leading design and cultural critics
tell the story of each iconic 'thing', its innovative and unique
qualities, and its journey to classic status. Subjects range from
the late 19th century to the present day, and include the Sydney
Opera House, the Post-It Note, Coco Chanel's classic suit, the Sony
Walkman (TM), Hello Kitty (TM), the typeface Helvetica, the Ford
Model T, Harry Beck's diagrammatic map of the London Underground
and the Apple iMac G3. This handsome volume provides a treasure
trove of 'stories' that will shed new light on the iconic designs
that we use without thinking, aspire to possess, love or hate (or
love to hate) and which form part of the fabric of our everyday
lives.
From consumer products to architecture to advertising to digital
technology, design is an undeniably global phenomenon. Yet despite
their professed transnational perspective, historical studies of
design have all too often succumbed to a bias toward Western,
industrialized nations. This diverse but rigorously curated
collection recalibrates our understanding of design history,
reassessing regional and national cultures while situating them
within an international context. Here, contributors from five
continents offer nuanced studies that range from South Africa to
the Czech Republic, all the while sensitive to the complexities of
local variation and the role of nation-states in identity
construction.
Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context explains key ways of
understanding and interpreting the graphic designs we see all
around us, in advertising, branding, packaging and fashion. It
situates these designs in their cultural and social contexts.
Drawing examples from a range of design genres, leading design
historians Grace Lees-Maffei and Nicolas P. Maffei explain theories
of semiotics, postmodernism and globalisation, and consider issues
and debates within visual communication theory such as legibility,
the relationship of word and image, gender and identity, and the
impact of digital forms on design. Their discussion takes in
well-known brands like Alessi, Nike, Unilever and Tate, and
everyday designed things including slogan t-shirts, car
advertising, ebooks, corporate logos, posters and music packaging.
From consumer products to architecture to advertising to digital
technology, design is an undeniably global phenomenon. Yet despite
their professed transnational perspective, historical studies of
design have all too often succumbed to a bias toward Western,
industrialized nations. This diverse but rigorously curated
collection recalibrates our understanding of design history,
reassessing regional and national cultures while situating them
within an international context. Here, contributors from five
continents offer nuanced studies that range from South Africa to
the Czech Republic, all the while sensitive to the complexities of
local variation and the role of nation-states in identity
construction.
Goods made or designed in Italy enjoy a profile which far outstrips
the country's modest manufacturing output. Italy's glorious design
heritage and reputation for style and innovation has 'added value'
to products made in Italy. Since 1945, Italian design has commanded
an increasing amount of attention from design journalists, critics
and consumers. But is Italian design a victim of its own celebrity?
Made in Italy brings together leading design historians to explore
this question, discussing both the history and significance of
design from Italy and its international influence. Addressing a
wide range of Italian design fields, including car design, graphic
design, industrial and interior design and ceramics, well-known
designers such as Alberto Rosselli and Ettore Sottsass, Jr. and
iconic brands such as Olivetti, Vespa and Alessi, the book explores
the historical, cultural and social influences that shaped Italian
design, and how these iconic designs have contributed to the modern
canon of Italian-inspired goods.
Goods made or designed in Italy enjoy a profile which far outstrips
the country's modest manufacturing output. Italy's glorious design
heritage and reputation for style and innovation has 'added value'
to products made in Italy. Since 1945, Italian design has commanded
an increasing amount of attention from design journalists, critics
and consumers. But is Italian design a victim of its own celebrity?
Made in Italy brings together leading design historians to explore
this question, discussing both the history and significance of
design from Italy and its international influence. Addressing a
wide range of Italian design fields, including car design, graphic
design, industrial and interior design and ceramics, well-known
designers such as Alberto Rosselli and Ettore Sottsass, Jr. and
iconic brands such as Olivetti, Vespa and Alessi, the book explores
the historical, cultural and social influences that shaped Italian
design, and how these iconic designs have contributed to the modern
canon of Italian-inspired goods.
"Writing Design" provides a unique look at the process and
consequences of converting the material properties of designed
goods into verbal or textual description. It examines how we learn
about the objects that surround us: we gather sensory information
by viewing and using objects, but we also learn about objects
through the written and spoken word, from product labels, store
signage, and recommendations from friends, social media and
traditional media.
Even as design commentators have become increasingly preoccupied
with issues of mediation, the intersection of design and language
has remained, heretofore, under-explored. Issues discussed in this
book include the role of text in informing design consumption,
designing with and through language, and the challenges and
opportunities raised by design without language. Bringing together
a wide range of scholars and practitioners, "Writing Design"
reveals the difficulties, ethics and politics of writing about
design.
Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context explains key ways of
understanding and interpreting the graphic designs we see all
around us, in advertising, branding, packaging and fashion. It
situates these designs in their cultural and social contexts.
Drawing examples from a range of design genres, leading design
historians Grace Lees-Maffei and Nicolas P. Maffei explain theories
of semiotics, postmodernism and globalisation, and consider issues
and debates within visual communication theory such as legibility,
the relationship of word and image, gender and identity, and the
impact of digital forms on design. Their discussion takes in
well-known brands like Alessi, Nike, Unilever and Tate, and
everyday designed things including slogan t-shirts, car
advertising, ebooks, corporate logos, posters and music packaging.
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