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Synopsis
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.
Contents
Introduction
Theorizing Things: Disciplinary Diversity in Thinking about Objects
Valued Possessions: What are Things Worth?
Making Things: Labor in Production
Producing Things: A History of Systems of Manufacture
Beautiful Things: The Aesthetics of Surfaces
The Greed Imperative: User Needs in Product Design
Planned Obsolescence: Unsustainable Consumption
Objects as Signs: What do Things Mean?
The Obsession of Possession: Fetish Objects
Conclusion
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Prasad Boradkar is Associate Professor of Industrial Design and Director of InnovationSpace at Arizona State University.
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.
Contents
Introduction
Theorizing Things: Disciplinary Diversity in Thinking about Objects
Valued Possessions: What are Things Worth?
Making Things: Labor in Production
Producing Things: A History of Systems of Manufacture
Beautiful Things: The Aesthetics of Surfaces
The Greed Imperative: User Needs in Product Design
Planned Obsolescence: Unsustainable Consumption
Objects as Signs: What do Things Mean?
The Obsession of Possession: Fetish Objects
Conclusion
See more at designingthings.org/
Prasad Boradkar is Associate Professor of Industrial Design and Director of InnovationSpace at Arizona State University.
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About the Author
Prasad Boradkar is Associate Professor in Industrial Design at Arizona State University.
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- PublisherBerg Publishers
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1845204263
- ISBN 13 9781845204266
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages336
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