Main entry:

Midal, Alexandra, author.

Title & Author:

Design by accident : for a new history of design / Alexandra Midal ; [translation: James Horton].

Publication:

Berlin : Sternberg Press, 2019.
[New Haven, Connecticut] : Library Stack, [2021]

Description:

1 online resource (407 pages)

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Foreward -- Introduction: For the Emancipation of Design -- Part 1: The History of Design's Origins -- Part 2: Design Histories-Beyond the Modernist Perspective of Pevsner and Giedion -- Part 3: Design, Architecture, and Antidesign-the Rise of an Unruly Discipline -- Part 4: Total Design-From Autonomy to Expansion -- Conclusion: Design-An Offensive Discipline or a Discipline on the Offensive?
Translated from the French.

Summary:

"In Design by Accident, Alexandra Midal declares the autonomy of design, in and on its own terms. This meticulously researched work proposes not only a counterhistory but a new historiography of design, shedding light on overlooked historical landmarks and figures while reevaluating the legacies of design's established luminaries from the nineteenth century to the present. Midal rejects both linear narratives of progress and the long-held perception of design as a footnote to the histories of fine art and architecture. By weaving critical analysis of the canon of design history and theory together, with special attention to the writings of designers themselves, she draws out the nuances and radical potentials of the discipline -- from William Morris's ambivalence toward industry, to Catharine Beecher's proto-feminist household appliances, to the Bauhaus's Expressionist origins, and the influence of Herbert Marcuse on Joe Colombo."-- provided by distributor.

Resources:
Full text - limited user access. Check the number of available copies under the "Library Stack Reserves Circulation" Section.
EBSCOhost

ISBN:

9783956795978 (ebook)
3956795970
(print)
9783956791437

Subject:

Design History.
Design Histoire.
Design
Industrial Design
Graphic design (Typography)
Graphic arts

Form/genre:

Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Textbooks.
History

Added entries:

Horton, James (Translator), translator.
Library Stack, distributor.
Library Stack.