{"product_id":"9781350196544","title":"Design Culture : Objects and Approaches","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDesign Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign culture foregrounds the relationships between the domains of design practice, design production and everyday life. Its focus is on contemporary designed objects and the networks between the multiple actors engaged in their shaping, functioning and reproduction. It acknowledges the rise of design and the role of the designer as key components and key challenges of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing an impressive range of international case studies, ranging from examples of everyday design such as IKEA furniture and amateur graphic design, to the role of the design professional and the functioning of design within organisations, \u003ci\u003eDesign Culture\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates what this emergent discipline is, its methodologies, its scope and its relationships with other fields of study. The volume's interdisciplinary approach brings fresh thinking to this fast-evolving field of study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Offers the reader an excellent deep dive into the concepts of design culturing in a very accessible way ... Overall this authoritative book instills a great sense of the many attributes and values of design culture.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Design Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reinvigorates the study of design by offering an alternative to other cross-disciplinary terms such as 'design studies' or 'design thinking'.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Design History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This stimulating introduction to the approaches and ideas which inform design culture should do much to promote new ways of thinking about both design and culture, and the dialectic between them.” —\u003ci\u003ePat Kirkham, Professor Emerita at the Bard Graduate Center, USA and Professor of Design History at Kingston University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDesign Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential contribution to the field of design studies. It addresses the ubiquity of the term 'design' from a cross sectional perspective, while introducing a precise, conceptual and methodological focus.” —\u003ci\u003eClaudia Mareis, Professor of Design Studies at the Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A stimulating, must-read overview of the interdisciplinary debates around Design Culture as a discipline and object of study for all those interested in the phenomenon of Design.” —\u003ci\u003eMónica Farkas, Professor of Visual Communication Design at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDesign Culture \u003c\/i\u003emanages to break through the noise, providing an enlightening view of design as a dominating feature of everyday life.  From the influence of Turkish paper doilies to the rise of the global sex toy industry, it gives a  multi-layered account of  seemingly insignificant designs. Filled as it is with impressive philosophical insights and amusing historical connections, \u003ci\u003eDesign Culture\u003c\/i\u003e offers much to ponder. Indeed, designers, historians  as well as many non-specialists will find this book both enriching and enjoyable.” —\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Guffey, Professor of Art and Design History at the State University of New York at Purchase, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Designers often claim they seek to “improve or maintain the habitability of the world of their fellow citizen”. \u003ci\u003eDesign Culture\u003c\/i\u003e may well be the appropriate theoretical framework I am longing for to better understand and explain what “habitability” is about.” —\u003ci\u003eAlain Findeli, Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Montreal, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350196544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40799249825998,"sku":"9781350196544","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_baf9cc9c-b48f-44b2-939a-5239bb788403.jpg?v=1642490266","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350196544","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}