The design culture reader / edited by Ben Highmore.

Title & Author:

The design culture reader / edited by Ben Highmore.

Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

Description:

xviii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.
Materials and methods -- Actors and agents -- Object life -- Sense and sensibilities -- Designing (in) the world -- Design time.

Summary:

This reader brings together an international array of writers whose work is of central importance for thinking about design culture in the past, present and future. Essays from philosophers, media and cultural theorists, historians of design, anthropologists, cultural historians, artists and literary critics all demonstrate the enormous potential of design studies for understanding the modern world.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780415403566 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415403561 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415403559 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0415403553 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Design History 20th century.
Culture Philosophy.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Design
Kulturwissenschaften

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Highmore, Ben, 1961-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259702
Call No.: BIB 190619
Status: Available

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