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An Introduction to Design and Culture

1900 to the Present

By: Penny Sparke

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An Introduction to Design and Culture

1900 to the Present

By: Penny Sparke

An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day with an emphasis on five main themes: Design and consumption Design and technology The design profession Design theory Design and identities. This fourth edition extends the traditional definition of design as covering product design, furniture design, interior design, fashion design and graphic design to embrace its more recent manifestations, which include service design, user-interface design, co-design, and sustainable design, among others. It also discusses the relationship between design and the new media and the effect of globalisation on design. Taking a broadly chronological approach, Professor Sparke employs historical methods to show how these themes developed through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century and played a role within modernism, postmodernism and beyond. Over a hundred illustrations are used throughout to demonstrate the breadth of design and examples – among them design in Modern China, the work of Apple Computers Ltd., and design thinking – are used to elaborate key ideas. The new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of design studies, cultural studies and visual arts.

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Routledge

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1351023284

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9781351023283

Japanese Design

By: Penny Sparke

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Japanese Design

By: Penny Sparke

The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic by showcasing renowned architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from The Museum of Modern Art's unmatched collection. This season, they take on Japan. Japanese designers' special ability to combine aesthetic tradition with contemporary visual culture and material innovation has created a distinctive and exceptionally successful design industry in Japan, which has produced such divergent icons of Modern design as Sori Yanagi's Butterfly Stool, the Sony Walkman, the Honey-Pop Armchair by Tokujin Yoshioka and the Toyota Prius. This volume traces the development of Japanese design from the country's craft revival in the early twentieth century to the extraordinary objects of high technology that have been a specialty of Japanese designers since the middle of the century. Antonelli's lively introduction provides an overview of Japan's design culture, while an essay and timeline by Penny Sparke illuminate the masterpieces of Modern Japanese design that are superbly reproduced in this volume's plate section.

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148

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The Museum of Modern Art

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0870707396

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9780870707391

Nature Inside

Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior

By: Penny Sparke

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Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior

By: Penny Sparke

The story of how plants and flowers have shaped interior design for over 200 years From ferns in 19th-century British parlors to contemporary "living walls" in commercial spaces, plants and flowers have long been incorporated into the design of public and private spaces. Spanning two centuries, Nature Inside explores the history and popularity of indoor plants, revealing the close relationship between architecture, interior design, and nature. Studying the international modern interior through the lens of plants in the human environment, author Penny Sparke attributes a degree of the interest in indoor plants to urbanization, and, more recently, the climate crisis, which serve as ongoing reminders that people must maintain a connection to, and respect for, the natural world. While architectural and interior design styles have evolved alongside the popularity of various plant species, the human need to bring nature indoors has remained constant.

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226

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Yale University Press

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0300244029

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9780300244021

Scotland and the Fictions of Geography

North Britain 1760–1830

By: Penny Fielding

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Scotland and the Fictions of Geography

North Britain 1760–1830

By: Penny Fielding

Focusing on the relationship between England and Scotland and the interaction between history and geography, Penny Fielding explores how Scottish literature in the Romantic period was shaped by the understanding of place and space. This book examines geography as a form of regional, national and global definition, addressing national surveys, local stories, place-names and travel writing, and argues that the case of Scotland complicates the identification of Romanticism with the local. Fielding considers Scotland as 'North Britain' in a period when the North of Europe was becoming a strong cultural and political identity, and explores ways in which Scotland was both formative and disruptive of British national consciousness. Containing studies of Robert Burns, Walter Scott and James Hogg, as well as the lesser-known figures of Anne Grant and Margaret Chalmers, this study discusses an exceptionally broad range of historical, geographical, scientific, linguistic, antiquarian and political writing from throughout North Britain.

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441

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Cambridge University Press

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1107321204

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9781107321205

A Century of Car Design

By: Penny Sparke

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A Century of Car Design

By: Penny Sparke

Explores the history of automobile design throughout the twentieth century, featuring designers, models, and themes including Henry Ford, Bill Mitchell, Ercole Spada, Rolls-Royce, Citroen 2CV, and eco-cars.

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Mitchell Beazley

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0764154095

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9780764154096

An Introduction to Design and Culture

1900 to the Present

By: Penny Sparke

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An Introduction to Design and Culture

1900 to the Present

By: Penny Sparke

This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization, sustainability and digital/interactive design. New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed dramatically in the 21st century, the designer-hero is now much less in evidence and design has become much more interdisciplinary. Drawing on a wealth of mass-produced artefacts, images and environments including sewing machines, cars, televisions, clothes, electronic and branded goods and exhibitions, author Penny Sparke shows how design has helped to shape and reflect our social and cultural development. This introduction to the development of modern (and postmodern) design is ideal for undergraduate students.

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274

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Routledge

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1136474099

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Nature Inside

Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior

By: Penny Sparke

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Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior

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Yale University Press

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0300244029

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Great Britain

By: Penny Sparke

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Great Britain

By: Penny Sparke

An encyclopedia of Great Britain's most distinctive designers.

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0789303906

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An Introduction to Design and Culture

An Introduction to Design and Culture

Japanese Design

Japanese Design

Nature Inside

Nature Inside

Scotland and the Fictions of Geography

Scotland and the Fictions of Geography

A Century of Car Design

A Century of Car Design

An Introduction to Design and Culture

An Introduction to Design and Culture

Nature Inside

Nature Inside

Great Britain

Great Britain

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