Berg Publishers | ISBN:1847882366 | File Type: PDF, 572 pages | File size: 79.Mb | Jul. 1st, 2009
General Design: A Reader Design Studies A Reader is the ideal entry point for any student who wants to understand the many complex roles of design as process product function symbol and use Reflecting the diverse range of perspectives on design the reader brings together over 70 key texts The essays are presented in themed sections covering history methods theory visuality identity consumption labor industrialization new technology sustainability and globalization Each section is separately introduced and each concluded with a guide to further reading Authors include Theodor Adorno Arjun Appadurai Rayner Banham Jean Baudrillard ierre Bourdieu Cheryl Buckley Michel de Certeau Margaret Crawford Michel Foucat Buckminster Fler a du Gay Erving Goffman Donna Haraway John Chris Jones Guy Jier Naomi Klein Ezio Manzini Victor Margolin and many others In addition a final section of specially commissioned essays analyzes 10 seminal designs of the 20th Century from Helvetica to the cell phone Bringing together the best ic and contemporary writing Design Studies A Reader will be invaluable to all students of Design as well as to students of Architecture Art Material Cture and Sociology
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