Defuturing : A New Design Philosophy /: A New Design Philosophy. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tony Fry.
• Authors: Fry, Tony
• Contents: Preface- Introduction- An introductory lexicographical reviewPART I: AN OPENINGChapter 1: Technology, warring and the crisis of history- Technology in flux- From structure and from techné- From war to warring- The crisis of the crisis of historyPART II: HISTORY, MODERNITY AND DEFUTURINGChapter 2: Made in America: a world production- America- Then and now- Productivism and a history of world makingChapter 3: Dwelling in streamlined America- Streamlining design- The New York World's Fair- Utopia: a designing ideaChapter 4: Total design: Europe- The Bauhaus, as told- The Vkhutemas postscriptPART III: ONE POINT: FOUR LOCATIONSChapter 5: Design and the body of competition- The body- Bodies of the body- The measure that measures the standards- Openings as endingsChapter 6: Time and China- Time- The years of 1926- China: four perspectivesChapter 7: Televisual in-human design- The televisual- Perspectives and horizons- Ecology of the imageChapter 8: The autonomic technocentricity of computers- The reason machine- The force of design- Reiterations towards making decisionsConcluding impressions- Select bibliography- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: Industrial / commercial art & design; Social & political philosophy; Design -- General; Design -- History & Criticism; Philosophy -- Aesthetics; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; History of art / art & design styles
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350089549; 1350089540
• Related ISBNs: 9781350089532
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