Designing things
Boradkar, Prasad
Designing things a critical introduction to the culture of objects - Oxford Berg 2010 - ix,326p.
CONTENT
List of Illustrations vii
Introduction 1
1 Theorizing Things: Disciplinary Diversity in Thinking about Objects 17
2 Valued Possessions: The Worth of Things 45
3 Making Things: Labor in Production 75
4 Producing Things: A History of Systems of Manufacture 103
5 Beautiful Things: The Aesthetics of Surfaces 127
6 The Greed Imperative: User Needs in Product Design 159
7 Planned Obsolescence: Unsustainable Consumption 179
8 Objects as Signs: What do Things Mean? 211
9 The Obsession of Possession: Fetish Objects 249
Conclusion 263
Notes 273
Bibliography 279
Acknowledgements 296
Index 298
9781845204273
745.401 / BOR
Designing things a critical introduction to the culture of objects - Oxford Berg 2010 - ix,326p.
CONTENT
List of Illustrations vii
Introduction 1
1 Theorizing Things: Disciplinary Diversity in Thinking about Objects 17
2 Valued Possessions: The Worth of Things 45
3 Making Things: Labor in Production 75
4 Producing Things: A History of Systems of Manufacture 103
5 Beautiful Things: The Aesthetics of Surfaces 127
6 The Greed Imperative: User Needs in Product Design 159
7 Planned Obsolescence: Unsustainable Consumption 179
8 Objects as Signs: What do Things Mean? 211
9 The Obsession of Possession: Fetish Objects 249
Conclusion 263
Notes 273
Bibliography 279
Acknowledgements 296
Index 298
9781845204273
745.401 / BOR