Designing things a critical introduction to the culture of objects

By:

Boradkar, Prasad

Publication details: Berg Oxford 2010Description: ix,326pISBN:

9781845204273

DDC classification:

745.401 BOR

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Design	745.401 BOR	Available	Bill No.2014-15/IN8655 Dt.20/06/2014 Pound 19.99		012663

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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

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