Design your life
Subtitle: the pleasures and perils of everyday things
By: Ellen Lupton and Julia Lupton.
Contributors: Lupton, Julia Reinhard, 1963-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780312532734
Subjects: Design -- Psychological aspects; Design -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: About this book; title: Here and there. Moving the furniture; title: The death and life of the living room; title: View findings; title: Porch envy; title: Getting out of the house; title: Objectile dysfunction. Are toasters necessary?; title: Computer in the kitchen; title: Baggage claims; title: Bedtime readings; title: Raising the honor bar; title: Underwear architecture; title: Messy situations. How objects explain themselves; title: Piles : everyone gets them; title: The lure of multitasking; title: The art of procrastination; title: Shoe wars; title: The myth of the working mother; title: Homeland security; title: Holidays and hospitality. The permanent holiday; title: Misgivings; title: Strange stuffies; title: The sex life of flowers; title: Serving suggestions; title: Mommy, where do baby carrots come from?; title: Warning : graphic content. Garage branding; title: Eat fonts; title: Signs of failure; title: Why no one wants to read your blog; title: Dodging bullets (in Powerpoint); title: How to make a manifesto.