Objects of desire : design and society since 1750 / Adrian Forty.
By: Forty, Adrian
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BookPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1995 2000Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0500274126.Subject(s): Industrial design -- Great Britain -- HistoryDDC classification: 745.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially manufactured pottery or the development of appropriate forms for wirelesses. The argument is illustrated with examples ranging from penknives to computers and from sewing machines to railway carriages. In opening up new ways of appraising the man-made world around us, Objects of Desire is required reading for anyone who has any involvement with design and a revealing document about our society.
Bibliography: (pages 246-251) and index.
Images of progress -- The first industrial designers -- Design and mechanisation -- Differentiation in design -- The Home -- Design in the office -- Hygiene and cleanliness -- Electricity - The fuel of the future -- Labour-saving in the home -- Design and corporate identity -- Design, designers and the literature of design.
CIT Module ARTS 6001 - Core reading.