Design History

ISBN-13: 9781847885371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Kjetil Fallan

Opis

Design History has become a complex and wide-ranging discipline. It now examines artifacts from conception to development, production, mediation, and consumption. Over the last few decades, the discipline has developed a diverse range of theories and methodologies for the analysis of objects. Design History presents the most comprehensive overview and guide to these developments.The book first traces the development of the discipline, explaining how it draws from Art History, Industrial Design, Cultural History and Material Culture Studies. The core of the book then analyses the seminal methodologies used in Design History today. The final section highlights the key issues concerning knowledge and meaning in Design. Throughout, the aim is to present a concise and accessible introduction to this complex field.A map to the intellectual landscape of Design History, the book will be an invaluable guide for students and a very useful reference for scholars.

Recenzje

This essential guide to the field of design history offers a nuanced survey of ongoing debates, suggests the use of new interdisciplinary performance theories, and clarifies epistemological issues surrounding design and modernization. Jeffrey L. Meikle, University of Texas at Austin

Spis treści

Introduction1: Historiography2: Theory and Methodology3: EpistemologyConclusionBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Kjetil Fallan is Professor of Design History at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of Design History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2010), the editor of Scandinavian Design (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012) and co-editor of Made in Italy (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013). He is also co-editor of Bloomsbury's Cultural Histories of Design series and an editor of the Journal of Design History.