Main entry:

Midal, Alexandra, author.

Title & Author:

Design by accident : for a new history of design / Alexandra Midal ; [translation: James Horton]

Publication:

Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2019]
©2019

Description:

407 pages ; 20 cm

Notes:
Based on the author's doctoral thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction: For the Emancipation of Design -- Part 1: The History of Design's Origins -- Part 2: Design Histories-Beyond the Modernist Perspective of Pevsner and Giedion -- Part 3: Design, Architecture, and Antidesign-the Rise of an Unruly Discipline -- Part 4: Total Design-From Autonomy to Expansion -- Conclusion: Design-An Offensive Discipline or a Discipline on the Offensive?
Translated from the French.

Summary:

In 'Design by Accident', Alexandra Midal declares the autonomy of design' in and on its own terms. This meticulously researched work proposes not only a counterhistory but a new historiography of design, shedding light on overlooked historical landmarks and figures while reevaluating the legacies of design' established luminaries from the nineteenth century to the present. Midal rejects both linear narratives of progress and the long-held perception of design as a footnote to the histories of fine art and architecture. By weaving together critical analysis of the canon of design history and theory, with special attention to the writings of designers themselves, she draws out the nuances and radical potentials of the discipline' from William Morris's ambivalence toward industry, to Catharine Beecher's proto-feminist household appliances, to the Bauhaus's Expressionist origins and the influence of Herbert Marcuse on Joe Colombo.

ISBN:

3956791436 (paperback)
9783956791437 (paperback)

Subject:

Design History.
Design Histoire.
Design

Form/genre:

dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Theses.

Added entries:

Fisher, Michelle Millar, author of introduction, etc.
Antonelli, Paola, author of introduction, etc.
Horton, James (Translator), translator.
Fisher, Michelle Millar author of introduction, etc.
Antonelli, Paola author of introduction, etc.
Horton, James (Translator) translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306673
Call No.: BIB 252229
Status: Available