Designing things : a critical introduction to the culture of objects /
By: Boradkar, Prasad.
Publisher: Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2010Edition: English ed.Description: ix, 326 p. : ill., plates ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781845204273 (pbk.); 9781845204273:; 1845204271 (pbk.); 9781845204266 (cloth); 1845204263 (cloth).Subject(s): Design -- Philosophy | Industrial design -- Philosophy | Design -- Social aspects | Industrial design -- Social aspects | Consumer goods -- Social aspects | Consumer goods -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 745.401| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theorizing things: disciplinary diversity in thinking about objects -- Valued possessions: the worth of things -- Making things: labor in production -- Producing things: a history of systems of manufacture -- Beautiful things: the aesthetics of surfaces -- The greed imperative: user needs in product design -- Planned obsolescence: unsustainable consumption -- Objects as signs: what do things mean? -- The obsession of possession: fetish objects.
When and why did the turntable morph from music machine to musical instrument? Why have mobile phones evolved changeable skins? How did hip-hop videos inspire an edgy new look for the Cadillac? The answers to such questions illustrate this provocative book.