Main entry:

Margolin, Victor, 1941-2019.

Title & Author:

The politics of the artificial : essays on design and design studies / Victor Margolin.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.

Description:

273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Design. Thinking about Design at the End of the Millennium. Design at the Crossroads. The Experience of Products. Ken Isaacs: Matrix Designer. Expansion or Sustainability: Two Models of Development. Design for a Sustainable World. The Politics of the Artificial -- 2. Design Studies. Design History in the United States, 1977-2000. Narrative Problems of Graphic Design History. Micky Wolfson's Cabinet of Wonders. Design History and Design Studies. The Two Herberts. The Multiple Tasks of Design Studies.

Summary:

Emerging from the world of commercial art and product styling, design has now become completely integrated into human life. Its marks are all around us, from the chairs we sit on to the Web sites on our computer screens. The author argues that a new approach to design research and practice is needed.

Resources:
Table of contents
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226505030 (cloth)
9780226505039 (cloth)
0226505049 (paper)
9780226505046 (paper)

Subject:

Design History 20th century.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Design.
Vormgeving.

Form/genre:

History.
Essays.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221071
Call No.: NK1390 .M3 2002
Status: Available