An edition of Designing Things: a critical introduction to the culture of objects (2009)

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Subjects

Social aspects, Social aspects of Consumer goods, Psychological aspects of Consumer goods, Philosophy, Social aspects of Design, Consumer goods, Psychological aspects, Design

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Table of Contents

Theorizing things: disciplinary diversity in thinking about objects
Valued possessions: the worth of things
Making things: labor in production
Producing things: a history of systems of manufacture
Beautiful things: the aesthetics of surfaces
The greed imperative: user needs in product design
Planned obsolescence: unsustainable consumption
Objects as signs: what do things mean?
The obsession of possession: fetish objects.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
745.401
Library of Congress
NK1505 .B67 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL24069256M
ISBN 13
9781845204273, 9781845204266
LCCN
2010005520

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