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003			OSt
005			20240807085130.0
008			100216s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2010005520
020			_a9781845204266 (cloth)
020			_a9781845204273 (pbk.)
040			_aDLC _cDLC
050		0	_aNK 1505 _bB67 2010
082	0		_a745.401 _222
100	1		_aBoradkar, Prasad.
245	0	0	_aDesigning things : _ba critical introduction to the culture of objects / _cPrasad Boradkar.
250			_aEnglish ed.
260			_aNew York : _bBerg, _c2010.
263			_a1005
300			_avii, 326 p. : _billus. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aTheorizing 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.
520			_aDesigning Things provides the reader with a map of the rapidly changing field of design studies, a subject which now draws on a diverse range of theories and methodologies - from philosophy and visual culture, to anthropology and material culture, to media and cultural studies.
650	1	0	_aConsumer goods _xPsychological aspects.
650	1	0	_aConsumer goods _xSocial aspects.
650	1	0	_aDesign _xPhilosophy.
650	1	0	_aDesign _xSocial aspects.
942			_2lcc _cBK
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