Jilly Traganou

Designing the Olympics

Representation, Participation, Contestation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By merging studies of architecture (Olympic venues), graphic design (Olympic emblems), product design (mascots), fashion, stage and event design, Jilly Traganou examines the relationship between design and national identity through a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted enterprises that are involved in the making of an Olympic Games as a combined physical and mediated mega-event.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780415874908
• ISBN-10: 0415874904
• Artikelnr.: 34932997

Autorenporträt

Jilly Traganou is Associate Professor in Spatial Design Studies at Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA. She is the winner of the 2016 Design Incubation Award for Scholarship.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section 1: Representation
1. Through the Lens of Graphic Design: Nationalism, Internationalism, and
Universalism in the Tokyo 1964 Design Program
2. The Athens Olympic Sports Complex and National Narratives in
Twenty-First-Century Greece: Representation and Beyond
Section 2: Participation
3. "Not for a Nation, But for the People": London 2012 Brand Design as a
New Paradigm of Olympic Design
4. Opposing the Olympic City: Designerly Ways of Dissenting
Section 3: Contestation
5. What If . . . ?: A Speculative Topography of Potential Olympic Futures
Conclusions