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Design in the USA
Jeffrey Meikle
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Description for Design in the USA
Paperback. Meikle explores the history of American design, from the industrialization of the 19th century and the mass production of the 'machine age' to the information-based society of the present, examining how design, consumerism, and culture connect. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones and full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACXD2; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 550.
From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and cultural role of design in American society? To produce useful things that consumers need? Or to persuade them to buy things that they don't need? Where does the designer stand in all this? And how has the role of design in America changed over time, ... Read more
From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and cultural role of design in American society? To produce useful things that consumers need? Or to persuade them to buy things that they don't need? Where does the designer stand in all this? And how has the role of design in America changed over time, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Oxford History of Art
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780192842190
SKU
V9780192842190
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About Jeffrey Meikle
Jeffrey L. Meikle is Professor of American Studies and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of American Plastic: A Cultural History, which won the Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology in 1996. He was Bicentennial Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Helsinki for the year 2003-4.
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