Design Anthropology

Object Cultures in Transition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Design Anthropology brings together leading international design theorists, consultants and anthropologists to explore the changing object culture of the 21st century.Decades ago, product designers used basic market research to fine-tune their designs for consumer success. Today the design process has been radically transformed, with the user center-stage in the design process. From design ethnography to culture probing, innovative designers are employing anthropological methods to elicit the meanings rather than the mere form and function of objects. This important volume provides a fascinating exploration of the issues facing the shapers of our increasingly complex material world. The text features case studies and investigations covering a diverse range of academic disciplines. From IKEA and anti-design to erotic twenty-first-century needlework and online interior decoration, the book positions itself at the intersections of design, anthropology, material culture, architecture, and sociology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-16
Mått:189 x 246 x undefined mm
Vikt:757 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781474259040

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Produktdesign inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Alison J. Clarke is professor of design history and theory, and director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria.

Recensioner i media

In recent decades designers have armed themselves with ethnographic methods, left the creative studio, and ventured out into the field. In a parallel movement, anthropologists have drawn unexpected insight from the designer’s task of structuring our common experience. This fascinating volume offers diverse perspectives on the affinities between these complementary fields.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroduction1 Susanne Küchler - Materials and Design2 Harvey Molotch - Objects in Sociology3 Alison J. Clarke - The Anthropological Object in Design4 Maria Bezaitis and Rick E. Robinson - Valuable to Values5 Jane Fulton Suri - Poetic Observation6 Jamer Hunt - Prototyping the Social7 Pauline Garvey - Consuming IKEA and Inspiration as Material Form8 Nicolette Makovicky -‘Erotic Needlework’9 Vladimir Arkhipov - Functioning Forms / Anti-Design10 Diana Young - Coloring Cars11 Lane DeNicola - The Internet, the Parliament, and the Pub12 Daniel Miller - Interior Decoration13 Erin B. Taylor and Heather A. Horst - Designing Financial Literacy in Haiti14 Arturo Escobar - Stirring the Anthropological ImaginationIndex