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The Politics of the Artificial
Victor Margolin
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Description for The Politics of the Artificial
Paperback. Divided into sections on the practice and study of design, the essays in 'The politics of the artificial' cover such topics as design history, design research, design as a political tool, sustainable design and the problems of design's relation to advanced technologies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
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. One of the pioneers of design studies and still one of its most distinguished practitioners, Victor Margolin here offers a timely meditation on design and its study at the turn of the millennium and charts new directions for the future development of both fields. Divided into sections on the practice and study of design, the essays in "The Politics of the ... Read more
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. One of the pioneers of design studies and still one of its most distinguished practitioners, Victor Margolin here offers a timely meditation on design and its study at the turn of the millennium and charts new directions for the future development of both fields. Divided into sections on the practice and study of design, the essays in "The Politics of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226505046
SKU
V9780226505046
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About Victor Margolin
Victor Margolin is professor of art and design history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of a number of books, including The Struggle for Utopia, Discovering Design, and Design Discourse, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Politics of the Artificial
"A superb collection of essays by the only internationally regarded scholar to thoroughly and systematically interrogate design from all conceivable perspectives. It addresses equally well the more familiar issue of design as object and the more problematic issue of design as process and carries design studies forward to a higher plane of conceptualization and self-consciousness." - Jeffrey L. Meikle, author ... Read more