Designing Things (Paperback)

Prasad Boradkar

ISBN 10: 1845204271 / ISBN 13: 9781845204273

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2010

Beschreibung

Paperback. When and why did the turntable morph from playback device to musical instrument? Why have mobile phones evolved changeable skins? How many meanings can one attach to such mundane things as tennis balls? The answers to such questions illustrate this provocative book, which examines the cultural meanings of things and the role of designers in their design and production. Designing Things provides the reader with a map of the rapidly changing field of design studies, a subject which now draws on a diverse range of theories and methodologies - from philosophy and visual culture, to anthropology and material culture, to media and cultural studies.With clear explanations of key concepts - such as form language, planned obsolescence, object fetishism, product semantics, consumer value and user needs - overviews of theoretical foundations and case studies of historical and contemporary objects, Designing Things looks behind-the-scenes and beneath-the-surface at some of our most familiar and iconic objects.Click here to visit the companion website! Designing Things provides the reader with a map of the rapidly changing field of design studies, a subject which now draws on a diverse range of theories and methodologies - from art and visual culture, to anthropology and material culture, to media and cultural studies. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Designing Things (Paperback)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1845204271
• ISBN-13: 9781845204273
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

When and why did the turntable morph from playback device to musical instrument? Why have mobile phones evolved changeable skins? How many meanings can one attach to such mundane things as tennis balls? The answers to such questions illustrate this provocative book, which examines the cultural meanings of things and the role of designers in their design and production.
Designing Things provides the reader with a map of the rapidly changing field of design studies, a subject which now draws on a diverse range of theories and methodologies - from philosophy and visual culture, to anthropology and material culture, to media and cultural studies.With clear explanations of key concepts - such as form language, planned obsolescence, object fetishism, product semantics, consumer value and user needs - overviews of theoretical foundations and case studies of historical and contemporary objects, Designing Things looks behind-the-scenes and beneath-the-surface at some of our most familiar and iconic objects.

Click here to visit the companion website!

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Prasad Boradkar is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Industrial Design Program at Arizona State University, USA.