内容简介
Surveyingappliedartsandindustrialdesignfromthe18thcenturytothepresentday,thisbookexploresthedynamicrelationshipbetweendesignandmanufacturing,andthetechnological,socialandcommercialcontextinwhichthisrelationshipdeveloped.Theeffectsofavastlyenlargedaudiencefortheproductsofmoderndesignandthecomplexdynamicofmassconsumptionarealsodiscussed.Partofthisdynamicrevealsthatproductsserveassignsfordesiresthathavelittletodowithneedorfunction.Thebookalsoexplorestheimpactofawealthofnewman-madeindustrialmaterialsandtoolsonthecourseofmoderndesign-fromsteeltotitanium,plywoodtoplastic,cottontonylon,wiretotransistors,andmicroprocessorstonanotubes.Theresearch,developmentandapplicationsofthesetechnologiesareshownasdependinguponfar-reachinglinesofcommunicationstretchingacrossgeographicalandlinguisticboundaries.
作者简介
DavidRaizmanisProfessorintheArtandArtHistoryDepartmentintheWestphalCollegeofMediaArts&DesignatDrexelUniversityinPhiladelphia.Heco-edited,withProfessorCarmaGorman,Objects,Audiences,andLiteratures:AlternativeNarrativesintheHistoryofDesign(2007),andhasbeenaresearchfellowattheWolfsonian-FloridaInternationalUniversitymuseuminMiamiBeach,Florida.