This academically rigorous work uses innovative quantitative and qualitative research methods to examine change happening over time to art and designed objects. Using Darwinian Evolutionary theories, including Natural Selection and Sexual Selection, and Socio-economic Cyclical theories, including those of Kondratiev, this work looks at possible causes of change, bringing together seemingly unrelated theories to form a powerful synthesis. Using images of table lamps and clocks from Littlewoods Mail Order Catalogue 1932-80 to track design change over time, comparisons are made with a broad...
This academically rigorous work uses innovative quantitative and qualitative research methods to examine change happening over time to art and...