Designing things
Subtitle: a critical introduction to the culture of objects
By: Prasad Boradkar.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845204273; 9781845204266
Subjects: Design -- Philosophy; Design -- Social aspects; Consumer goods -- Social aspects; Consumer goods -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theorizing things: disciplinary diversity in thinking about objects; title: Valued possessions: the worth of things; title: Making things: labor in production; title: Producing things: a history of systems of manufacture; title: Beautiful things: the aesthetics of surfaces; title: The greed imperative: user needs in product design; title: Planned obsolescence: unsustainable consumption; title: Objects as signs: what do things mean?; title: The obsession of possession: fetish objects.