| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 207 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Introduction1: Historiography 2: Theory and Methodology 3: Epistemology Conclusion |
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Copyright Page -- Introduction -- 1. Historiography -- The Heritage from Art History -- Industrial Design History -- Design History or Design History? -- Material Culture Studies and Design History -- Towards a Cultural History of Design -- 2. Theory and Methodology -- History of Technology, SCOT and STS -- Actor-Network Theory -- Script Analysis -- Domestication -- 3. Epistemology -- Modern, Modernity, Modernism -- Isms and the Essential Tension of Ideology and Practice -- Isms as Dynamic Discourses -- Reassessing Paradigms -- Modern Isms -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Design History has become a complex and wide-ranging discipline. It now examines artefacts from conception to development, production, mediation, and consumption. Over the last few decades, the discipline has developed a diverse range of theories and methodologies for the analysis of objects. Design History presents the most comprehensive overview and guide to these developments. The book first traces the development of the discipline, explaining how it draws from Art History, Industrial Design, Cultural History and Material Culture Studies. The core of the book then analyses the seminal metho |
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"Design History has become a complex and wide-ranging discipline. objects. The book first traces the development of the discipline, explaining how it draws from Art History, Industrial Design, Cultural History and Material Culture Studies"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Machine converted from AACR2 source record |
| Subject |
Design -- Historiography
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Design -- Philosophy
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Industrial design -- Phi -- Historiography
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Theory of art.
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Design -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474293716 |
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1474293719 |
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9781847887030 |
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1847887031 |
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