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.
| ISBN: | 9781785331558 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2016 |
| Author: | Kjetil Fallan, Grace LeesMaffei |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Making Sense of History |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history History of art |
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.
Designing Worlds features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, History of art
Designing Worlds is available in Hardback
Designing Worlds was written by Kjetil Fallan, Grace LeesMaffei and published by Berghahn Books
Designing Worlds has 296 pages
Yes it is part of Making Sense of History series
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