UID:
kobvindex_INT0001131
Format:
245, [11] pages :
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richly illustrated (black & white) ;
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25 x 17 cm.
Edition:
Reprint.
ISBN:
9780500274125 (pbk.)
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0500274126 (pbk.)
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "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."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: originally published 1986 by Thames & Hudson, London; reprinted 1987, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005 with new foreword, 2010, 2014. -- Title page verso.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Introduction -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Language:
English
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