Designing Worlds: National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization

From consumer products to architecture to advertising to digital technology, design is an undeniably global phenomenon. Yet despite their professed transnational perspective, historical studies of design have all too often succumbed to a bias toward Western, industrialized nations. This diverse but...

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Auteur principal: Edited by Kjetil Fallan and Grace Lees-Maffei (auth)
Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
Langue:anglais
Publié: Berghahn Books 2016
Collection:Making Sense of History
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Résumé:From consumer products to architecture to advertising to digital technology, design is an undeniably global phenomenon. Yet despite their professed transnational perspective, historical studies of design have all too often succumbed to a bias toward Western, industrialized nations. This diverse but rigorously curated collection recalibrates our understanding of design history, reassessing regional and national cultures while situating them within an international context. Here, contributors from five continents offer nuanced studies that range from South Africa to the Czech Republic, all the while sensitive to the complexities of local variation and the role of nation-states in identity construction.
Description matérielle:1 electronic resource (296 p.)
ISBN:9781785334467
Accès:Open Access