Design History Beyond the Canon (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kaufmann-Buhler, Jennifer; Wilson, Christopher; Pass, Victoria Rose

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

The 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 cultural industries, as well as the hidden labour within the design process itself. 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 stretches beyond the traditional canon and looks to interdisciplinary methodologies to better understand the practice and consumption of design.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350051607
• Artikelnr.: 54951402

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler is Associate Professor of Design History at Purdue University, USA. She is a design historian focusing on American interiors, technology, and furniture design of the 20th century. Her research includes an emphasis on studying mundane spaces and objects as a way of examining the role of design in everyday life, looking at the intersection of the social, technological, and political aspects of design. She has published articles in the Journal of Design History and Design and Culture, and is the author of Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office (Bloomsbury, 2021). Victoria Rose Pass is Assistant Professor of Design and Art History at the Maryland Institute College of Art, USA. She is a specialist in Visual Culture, particularly in areas of design and fashion. Her research considers the history of fashion culture in the 20th century and focuses specifically on issues of gender and race. She co-edited Women's Magazines in Print and New Media (2016). Christopher Wilson is Lecturer of Architecture and Design Historian at Ringling College of Art and Design, USA. He earned a BA in architecture from Temple University USA, an MA from The Architectural Association, UK, and a Ph.D. from the Middle East Technical University, Turkey. He is the author of Beyond Anitkabir: The Construction and Maintenance of National Memory (2013) and currently serves as Board Chair for the Sarasota Architectural Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: A Pre- and Post-History of "Teaching the History of Modern Design: The Canon and Beyond"
Carma Gorman (University of Texas at Austin
USA) and David Raizman (Drexel University
USA) Introduction
Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler (Purdue University
USA)
Victoria Rose Pass (Maryland Institute College of Art
USA) and Christopher S. Wilson (Ringling College of Art and Design
USA) Section One: Users/Consumers 1. Kul'ttovary : Bringing Culture into the Soviet Home
Yelena McLane (Florida State University
USA) 2. Diversionary Tactics at Work: Making Meaning Through Misuse
Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler (Purdue University
USA) 3. Everything Old is New Again: Modernization
Historic Preservation
and the American Home
1920-1966
Emily Wolf Hetzel (Boston Architectural College
USA) Section Two: Intermediaries 4. Representing Modern Architecture in The Rockford Files (1974-1980)
Christopher S. Wilson (Ringling College of Art and Design
USA) 5. CLOTHES CLOTHES CLOTHES PUNK PUNK PUNK WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN
Maria Elena Buszek (University of Colorado Denver
USA) 6. Using Digital Tools to Work Around the Canon
Matthew Bird (RISD
USA) Section Three: Designers 7. Confronting Racial Stereotypes in Graphic Design History
Karen L. Carter (Ferris State University
USA) 8. The Mangbetu Coiffure: A Story of Cars
Hats
Branding
and Appropriation
Victoria Rose Pass (Maryland Institute College of Art
USA) 9. Adventure Play in Physical and Virtual Spaces
Gayle L. Goudy (College of Charleston
USA) 10. The Case of William Pahlmann: Challenging the Canon of Modern Design
Marianne Eggler (State University of New York
USA)
Erica Morawski (Pratt Institute
USA) and Sara Desvernine Reed (Virginia Commonwealth University
USA) 11. "I Was Not a Woman Designer. I Was a Designer Who Happened to Be a Woman"
Russell Flinchum (NC State University
USA) Epilogue: Beyond the Canon: Building the Case for and Cases for Interdisciplinary Design History
Stephanie E. Vasko (Michigan State University
USA) Notes on the Contributors Index