Product Design, Technology, and Social Change

A Short Cultural History

Laura S. Scherling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2024
Intellect Books (Verlag)
9781835950234 (ISBN)

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This cultural history critically examines product design and its development from pre-industrial times to the present day, considering major milestones in the mass production of goods and services, aiming to incorporate a more inclusive worldview than traditional surveys of the topic.

The breadth and versatility of product design through history has been profound. Products have long supported the integration and interpretation of emerging technologies into our lives. These objects include everything from tools, accessories, furniture, and clothing, to types of transportation, websites, and mobile apps. Products provide singular or multiple functions, are tangible and intangible, and in many instances have impacted the quality of our lives by saving time or money or by increasing feelings of personal satisfaction. At the same time, many products have negatively impacted people and the environment. For nearly every product that makes it into the hands of a consumer, there is also a designer who created it and someone who laboured to make it.

Examines the relationship between products, consumption, sustainability, politics, and social movements. This "pocket history" surveys product design from the agricultural revolution and the birth of cities, through industrialisation, and a digital design revolution.

Laura Scherling, Ed.D., is a designer, researcher, and educator. She is a director and adjunct faculty member at Columbia University, USA.

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Acknowledgements

Author Note

Foreword Don A. Norman, Ph.D.

Part 1: Product Design in Society: An Introduction

1. Product Design and Its Impact

2. Production and Consumption in Design

Part 2: Product Design and Ethical Considerations

3. Product Design and Environmental Sustainability

4. Product Design and Labour

5. Design, Politics, and Social Movements

Part 3: Pre-Industrial Products

6. Surveying Design History from Prehistoric Times

7. Pre-Industrial Design Processes and Craft Guilds

Part 4: Industrialization and the Socio-Economic Impacts of Design

8. Industrialization

9. Design, Social Reform, and a Technological Revolution

10. Modernism, Consumer Culture, and Warfare

Part 5: The Information Age

11. Post World War II

12. A Social and Digital Revolution in Design

13. Digital Products and Immersive Technologies

Epilogue

Author Biography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2024
Zusatzinfo	58 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	310 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-13	9781835950234 / 9781835950234
Zustand	Neuware