Design History and the History of Design
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 1990
264 pages
978-1-78371-830-6 (ISBN)
Description
An essential overview as well as a theoretical critique for all students of design history. Walker studies the intellectual discipline of Design History and the issues that confront scholars writing histories of design.
Taking his approach from a range of related fields, he discusses the problems of defining design and writing history. He considers the different methods that leading scholars have used in the absence of a theoretical framework, and looks critically at a number of histories of design and architecture.
Taking his approach from a range of related fields, he discusses the problems of defining design and writing history. He considers the different methods that leading scholars have used in the absence of a theoretical framework, and looks critically at a number of histories of design and architecture.
Reviews / Votes
'The scope of the book is admirable' -- Times Higher Education 'The best introduction to the critical study of design that I have encountered.' -- Building Design 'The most systematic, the most comprehensive and the most comprehensible account of what design history would like to be ... I would not hesitate to recommend it.' -- Designer's JournalMore details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 b&w figs
File size
0,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78371-830-6 (9781783718306)
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John A. Walker
Design History and the History of Design
Book
10/1990
Pluto Press
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Person
John A. Walker (1938-2023) wrote over 15 books on modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on mass media. He was Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University. He authored Art and Celebrity, Art in the Age of Mass Media, and Cultural Offensive: America's Impact on British Art Since 1945.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Design History and the History of Design
- 2 Defining the Object of Study
- 3 Craft and Design
- 4 Designers and Designed Goods - the Proper Objects of Study?
- 5 Production-consumption Model
- 6 General Problems of History-writing
- 7 Varieties of Design History
- 8 Style, Styling and Lifestyle
- 9 Consumption, Reception, Taste
- 'Conclusion'
- Form/female Follows Function/male: Feminist Critiques of Design
- Bibliography
- Index
