The politics of the artificial
Subtitle: essays on design and design studies
By: Victor Margolin.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Design -- History -- 20th century
Description: Emerging from the world of commercial art and product styling, design has now become completely integrated into human life. Its marks are all around us, from the chairs we sit on to the Web sites on our computer screens. The author argues that a new approach to design research and practice is needed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1: DESIGN; title: Thinking about Design at the End of the Millennium; title: Design at the Crossroads; title: The Experience of Products; title: Ken Isaacs: Matrix Designer; title: Expansion or Sustainability: Two Models of Development; title: Design for a Sustainable World; title: The Politics of the Artificial; title: 2: DESIGN STUDIES; title: Design History in the United States, 1977-2000; title: Narrative Problems of Graphic Design History; title: Micky Wolfson's Cabinet of Wonders; title: Design History and Design Studies; title: The Two Herberts; title: The Multiple Tasks of Design Studies; title: Sources 261; title: Illustration Credits 264; title: Index 267.