Foreword: A Pre- and Post-History of “Teaching the History of Modern Design: The Canon and Beyond”, Carma Gorman (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and David Raizman (Drexel University, USA)
Introduction, Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler (Purdue University, USA), Victoria Rose Pass (Maryland Institute College of Art, USA) and Christopher S. Wilson (Ringling College of Art and Design, USA)Section One: Users/Consumers
1. Kul’ttovary : Bringing Culture into the Soviet Home, Yelena McLane (Florida State University, USA)
2. Diversionary Tactics at Work: Making Meaning Through Misuse, Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler (Purdue University, USA)
3. Everything Old is New Again: Modernization, Historic Preservation, and the American Home, 1920-1966, Emily Wolf Hetzel (Boston Architectural College, USA)Section Two: Intermediaries
4. Representing Modern Architecture in The Rockford Files (1974-1980), Christopher S. Wilson (Ringling College of Art and Design, USA)
5. CLOTHES CLOTHES CLOTHES PUNK PUNK PUNK WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN, Maria Elena Buszek (University of Colorado Denver, USA)
6. Using Digital Tools to Work Around the Canon, Matthew Bird (RISD, USA)Section Three: Designers
7. Confronting Racial Stereotypes in Graphic Design History, Karen L. Carter (Ferris State University, USA)
8. The Mangbetu Coiffure: A Story of Cars, Hats, Branding, and Appropriation, Victoria Rose Pass (Maryland Institute College of Art, USA)
9. Adventure Play in Physical and Virtual Spaces, Gayle L. Goudy (College of Charleston, USA)
10. The Case of William Pahlmann: Challenging the Canon of Modern Design, Marianne Eggler (State University of New York, USA), Erica Morawski (Pratt Institute, USA) and Sara Desvernine Reed (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
11. “I Was Not a Woman Designer… I Was a Designer Who Happened to Be a Woman”, Russell Flinchum (NC State University, USA)
Epilogue: Beyond the Canon: Building the Case for and Cases for Interdisciplinary Design History, Stephanie E. Vasko (Michigan State University, USA)
Notes on the Contributors
Index