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Design and Feminism: Re-visioning Spaces, Places, and Everyday Things
Joan Rothschild
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Description for Design and Feminism: Re-visioning Spaces, Places, and Everyday Things
Paperback. A collection of essays rethinking architecture, design, and technology from feminist perspectives. Each contributor asks how we might think differently and more inclusively about human needs in the environments in which we live and work. Editor(s): Rothschild, Joan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 71 illustrations. BIC Classification: AK; AMA; JFFK; TBDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
How well do our designed environments--the places and spaces where we live, work, and play--meet our aesthetic and functional needs? Increasingly, the distinction between the spaces considered public and private or work and home is becoming more blurred. As a result, innovative designs are needed to meet the challenges of our ever-changing environment. Our streets, parks, dwellings and tools are designed to a "one-size-fits-all" standard, and the responses of the design community to meet diverse needs have been mixed at best. Design and Feminism offers feminist critiques of these inadequate design standards, and suggest ideas, projects, and programs for change.
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How well do our designed environments--the places and spaces where we live, work, and play--meet our aesthetic and functional needs? Increasingly, the distinction between the spaces considered public and private or work and home is becoming more blurred. As a result, innovative designs are needed to meet the challenges of our ever-changing environment. Our streets, parks, dwellings and tools are designed to a "one-size-fits-all" standard, and the responses of the design community to meet diverse needs have been mixed at best. Design and Feminism offers feminist critiques of these inadequate design standards, and suggest ideas, projects, and programs for change.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813526676
SKU
V9780813526676
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Joan Rothschild
JOAN ROTHSCHILD is a research associate at the Center for Human Environments at the Graduate School and University of New York. She is the author of Machina Ex Dea: Feminist Perspectives on Technology; and Women, Technology, and Innovation.
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