A John Heskett reader
Subtitle: design, history, economics
By: edited and with an introduction by Clive Dilnot ; with contributions by Sharon Helmer Poggenpohl, Carlos Teixeira and Tore Kristensen
Contributors: Dilnot, Clive, editor; Poggenpohl, Sharon Helmer, contributor; Teixeira, Carlos, contributor; Kristensen, Tore, contributor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781474221269; 9781474221252
Subjects: Design; Economic aspects; History
Work titles: Works
Description: "A John Heskett Reader brings together key selected writings from the work of the design historian John Heskett. It will be edited and introduced by Clive Dilnot. John Heskett was a pioneering design historian whose work was foundational for the study of industrial design and the relationship between design, design policy, and economic value. Heskett was British but lived and taught in the United States and Hong Kong for a number of years. The Reader represents the range of Heskett's contribution to the field of design history and key concerns in his work: the relationship between design and economic value; design in history and the history of design; design policy, and design and economics. The anthology includes unpublished, hard to access and out-of-print material as well as extracts from classic and foundational works by Heskett. Included are major extracts from two unpublished books: 'Crafts, Commerce and Industry' and 'Economic Value of Design', which show Heskett's interest in exploring design and making and their relationship to economic value across the entirety of human history. Extracts are grouped into thematic sections with editorial introductions written by Clive Dilnot and other leading design historians"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Clive Dilnot; title: What is Design?; title: Commerce or Culture : Industrialization and Design; title: Design from the Standpoint of Economics, Economics from the Standpoint of Design; title: Some Lessons of Design History; title: Crafts, Commerce, Industry : A Global History of Design : Introduction and Conclusion; title: Chinese Design : What Can We Learn from the Past?; title: Three moments in the History of Making : Nomads, Traders, Slaves; title: The 'American System' and Mass Production; title: Writing the History of Design in the Industrial World : An Overview and Two Review Essays; title: The Growth of Industrial Design in Japan; title: Government Policy and German Design 1870-1918; title: The Industrial Applications of Tubular Steel; title: Modernism and Archaism in Design in the Third Reich; title: GM : The Price of Corporate Arrogance; title: Everything Changes, Nothing Alters; title: Design Management in Phillips in the 1980s; title: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks : How RCA is using design as a Strategic Tool; title: Current and Future Demands on Hong Kong Designers; title: National Design Policy and Economic Change; title: Learning from Germany's Integrated Design Policy; title: Design and Industry in China; title: A Design Policy for the UK : Three Suggestions; title: Creative Destruction : the Nature and Consequences of Change through Design; title: Product Integrity; title: Cultural Human Factors; title: Creating Economic Value by Design; title: Past, Present and Future in Design; title: Reflections on Design and Hong Kong; title: On Writing; title: Can the Center Hold?