Design history beyond the canon

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019

Subject:

Design - History - 20th century
Aesthetics
Design - History

Contributor:

Kaufmann-Buhler, Jennifer, editor
Pass, Victoria, editor
Wilson, Christopher (Editor), editor

ISBN:

9781350051584 and 1350051586

Description:

xxv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword : A pre- and post-history of "Teaching the history of modern design : the canon and beyond" / Carma Gorman and David Raizman -- Section 1. Users/Consumers. Kul'ttovary : bringing culture into the Soviet home / Yelena Mclane ; Diversionary tactics at work : making meaning through misuse / Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler ; Everything old is new again : modernization, historic preservation, and the American home, 1920-1966 / Emily Wolf -- Section 2. Intermediaries. Representing modern architecture in The Rockford files, 1974-1980 / Christopher S. Wilson ; CLOTHES CLOTHES CLOTHES PUNK PUNK PUNK WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN / Maria Elena Buszek ; Using digital tools to work around the canon / Matthew Bird -- Section 3. Designers. Confronting racial stereotypes in graphic design history / Karen L. Carter ; The Mangbetu coiffure : a story of cars, hats, branding, and appropriation / Victoria Rose Pass ; Adventure play in physical and virtual spaces / Gayle L. Goudy ; The case of William Pahlmann : challenging the canon of modern design / Marianne Eggler, Erica Morawski, and Sara Desvernine Reed ; "I was not a woman designer ... I was a designer who happened to be a woman" / Russell Flinchum -- Epilogue : Beyond the canon--building the case for and cases for interdisciplinary design history / Stephanie E. Vasko

Summary:

Design History Beyond the Canon subverts hierarchies of taste which have dominated traditional narratives of design history. The book explores a diverse selection of objects, spaces and media, ranging from high design to mass-produced and mass-marketed objects, as well as counter-cultural and sub-cultural material.0The authors' research highlights the often marginalised role of gender and racial identity in the production and consumption of design, the politics which underpins design practice and the role of designed objects as pathways of nostalgia and cultural memory. While focused primarily on North American examples from the early 20th century onwards, this collection also features essays examining European and Soviet design history, as well as the influence of Asia and Africa on Western design practice. The book is organised in three thematic sections: Consumers, Intermediaries and Designers. The first section analyses a range of designed objects and spaces through the experiences and perspectives of users. The second section considers intermediaries from both technology and the culture industries, as well as the hidden labour within the design process itself by way of patents. The final section focuses on designers from multiple design disciplines including high fashion, industrial design, interior design, graphic design and design history pedagogy. The essays in all three sections utilise different research methods and a wide range of theoretical approaches, including feminist theory, critical race theory, spatial theory, material culture studies, science and technology studies and art history. Design History Beyond the Canon brings together the most recent research which reaches beyond the traditional canon and looks to interdisciplinary methodologies to better understand the practice and consumption of design

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

NK1390 .D484 2019

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