Designing for Socialist Need: Industrial Design Practice in the German Democratic Republic

ISBN-13: 9781138187917 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 264 str.

Katharina Pfutzner

Opis

Designing for Socialist Need assembles a detailed picture of industrial design practice in the socialist German Democratic Republic.

O autorze

Katharina Pfützner is Lecturer in Industrial Design at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, where she also contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the school’s Faculty of Visual Culture. Her primary interest is in socially responsible design. She has a background in design practice and a PhD in design history. Her research on design in the GDR has been presented in numerous conference papers and publications.