Design for society / Nigel Whiteley.

Main entry:

Whiteley, Nigel.

Title & Author:

Design for society / Nigel Whiteley.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 1993.

Description:

ix, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
Design for Society Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Photographic Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Consumer-led Design; 2 Green Design; 3 Responsible Design and Ethical Consuming; 4 Feminist Perspectives; 5 The Way Forward?; References; Select Bibliography; Index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Design was the boom industry of the last decade, and it has helped to create the superficially more 'caring' image that currently exists in our society. Yet the newsworthiness of design conceals a disturbing ignorance of the profession's values and ambitions - even among designers themselves. Design generates much heat but little light: we live in a world that has much design consciousness but appallingly little design awareness. Nigel Whiteley analyses design's role within the consumer society, and discusses what our obsession with it tells us about the present state of our own culture." "Design for Society is not an anti-design book; rather, it is an anti-consumerist-design book, in that it exposes what most people would agree are the socially and ecologically unsound values on which the system of consumerist design is constructed. The author reviews the implications for design of the Green movement, the growing impact of feminism, and the ideas of 'socially responsible' designers. In so doing, he prepares the ground for a more self-aware and just development of design."--Jacket.

Resources:
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E-book - Full text from Dawsonera

ISBN:

0948462477
9780948462474
9781861895318
1861895313
0948462655
9780948462658

Subject:

Industrial design History 20th century.
Industrial design Social aspects.
Industrial design Environmental aspects.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Design Aspect social.
Design Aspect de l'environnement.
Industrial design.
Design

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 103868
Call No.: ID NK1390.W57; ID:94-B187
Status: Available

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