Utility reassessed : the role of ethics in the practice of design

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Utility reassessed : the role of ethics in the practice of design

edited by Judy Attfield

(Studies in design and material culture)

Manchester University Press, 1999

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  • : pbk

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780719052774

内容説明

This collection of essays both defines and reassesses the concept of utility. In considering the place of ethics in the recent history of art and design, the text offers a way into the issues which concern design decision-makers today.The text presents topics such as the investigation in to hitherto undiscovered designs for a utility vehicle, it gives a perspective on the philosophy behind the concept of utility as a design theory and offers a critique of the dangers of "good design". The text approaches the subject as a continuing history that has attempted to improve the human condition, through a process of rational thought in the construction of the material world. Using the history of Utility as a design theory, the text suggests ways in which the past can teach us something of the present, and reveals why, on the cusp of the new millennium, Utility is important.

目次

  • Introduction - utility reassessed. Part 1 Defining utility design: utility prefigured - Ruskin and St George's Mill
  • "Pro Arte Utili" - the utility principle in Finnish textile design education
  • an episode in post-utility design management - the Council of Industrial Design and the Co-operative Wholesale Society
  • "Beauty everyday and for all" - the social vision of design in Stalinist Poland
  • "the beauty of stark utility" - rational consumption in America - consumer reports 1936-1954. Part 2 Reassessing the history of utility design: the design of utility vehicles in wartime Britain
  • utility furniture and the myth of utility 1943-1948
  • the utility garment - its design and effect on the mass market 1942-1945
  • fashion, femininity and "frivolous" consumption in Wolrd War Two Britain
  • utility forgot - shaping the future of the British pottery industry 1941-1945
  • Enid Marx - designing textiles for the Utility Furniture Design Advisory Panel. Part 3 Theorising the ethics of utility design: utility, design principles and the ethical tradition
  • freedom of design
  • utility and the politics of consumption
  • fascinating fitness - the dangers of good design
  • design and the state - postwar horizons and pre-millenial aspirations.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719058448

内容説明

This collection of essays both defines and reassesses the concept of utility. In considering the place of ethics in the recent history of art and design, the text offers a way into the issues which concern design decision-makers today.The text presents topics such as the investigation in to hitherto undiscovered designs for a utility vehicle, it gives a perspective on the philosophy behind the concept of utility as a design theory and offers a critique of the dangers of "good design". The text approaches the subject as a continuing history that has attempted to improve the human condition, through a process of rational thought in the construction of the material world. Using the history of Utility as a design theory, the text suggests ways in which the past can teach us something of the present, and reveals why, on the cusp of the new millennium, Utility is important.

目次

  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Utility reassessed
  • Part one: Defining Utility design
  • 1. Utility prefigured: Ruskin and St. George's Mill
  • 2. 'Pro Arte Utili': The utility principle in Finnish textile design education
  • 3. An episode in post-utility design management
  • The Council of Industrial Design and the Co-operative Wholesale Society
  • 4. 'Beauty everyday and for all': The social vision of design in Stalinist Poland
  • 5. 'The beauty of stark utility': Rational consumption in America - Consumer Reports 1936-1954
  • Part Two: Reassessing the history of utility design
  • 6. The design of utility vehicles in wartime Britain
  • 7. Utility furniture and the myth of utility 1943-1948
  • 8. The utility garment: Its design and effect on the mass market 1942-1945
  • 9. Fashion, femininity and 'frivolous' consumption in World War Two Britain
  • 10. Utility forgot: Shaping the future of the British pottery industry 1941-1945
  • 11. Enid Marx: Designing textiles for the Utility Furniture Design Advisory Panel
  • Part Three: Theorising the ethics of utility design
  • 12. Utility, design principles and the ethical tradition
  • 13. Freedom of design
  • 14. Utility and the politics of consumption
  • 15. Fascinating fitness: The dangers of good design
  • 16. Design and the state: Postwar horizons and pre-millenial aspirations

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