gogo
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Utility reassessed / edited by Judy Attfield.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in design and material culture | Studies in design and material culturePublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1999.Description: 224p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780719052774 (hbk.) :
  • 0719058449 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.401 ATT
Contents:
Introduction : Utility reassessed / Judy Attfield -- Utility prefigured : Ruskin and St George's Mill / Linda Coleing -- 'Pro arte utili' : the utility principle in Finnish textile design education / Marjo Wiberg -- An episode in post-Utility design management : the Council of Industrial Design and the Co-operative Wholesale Society / Jonathan M. Woodham -- 'Beauty, everyday and for all' : the social vision of design in Stalinist Poland / David Crowley -- 'The beauty of stark utility' : rational consumption in America - Consumer reports 1936-54 / Susie McKellar -- The design of Utility vehicles in wartime Britain / Jonathan Bell -- Utility furniture and the myth of Utility 1943-48 / Matthew Denney -- The Utility garment : its design and effect on the mass market 1942-45 / Helen Reynolds -- Fashion, feminity and 'frivolous' consumption in World-War-Two Britain / Pat Kirkham -- Utility forgot : shaping the future of the British pottery industry 1941-1945 / Graham McLaren -- Enid Marx : designing textiles for the Utility Furniture Design Advisory Panel / Cynthia R. Weaver -- Utility, design principles and the ethical tradition / Nigel Whiteley -- Freedom of design / Judy Attfield -- Utility and the politics of consumption / Patrick J. Maguire -- Fascinating fitness : the dangers of good design / Judy Attfield -- Design and the state : post-war horizons and pre-millennial aspirations / Jonathan M. Woodham.
Summary: Using the concept of utility as a touchstone for the consideration of the place of ethics in the recent history of design, this collection of essays offers a way into the issues which concern design decision-makers today.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 745.401 ATT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 114533

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Utility reassessed / Judy Attfield -- Utility prefigured : Ruskin and St George's Mill / Linda Coleing -- 'Pro arte utili' : the utility principle in Finnish textile design education / Marjo Wiberg -- An episode in post-Utility design management : the Council of Industrial Design and the Co-operative Wholesale Society / Jonathan M. Woodham -- 'Beauty, everyday and for all' : the social vision of design in Stalinist Poland / David Crowley -- 'The beauty of stark utility' : rational consumption in America - Consumer reports 1936-54 / Susie McKellar -- The design of Utility vehicles in wartime Britain / Jonathan Bell -- Utility furniture and the myth of Utility 1943-48 / Matthew Denney -- The Utility garment : its design and effect on the mass market 1942-45 / Helen Reynolds -- Fashion, feminity and 'frivolous' consumption in World-War-Two Britain / Pat Kirkham -- Utility forgot : shaping the future of the British pottery industry 1941-1945 / Graham McLaren -- Enid Marx : designing textiles for the Utility Furniture Design Advisory Panel / Cynthia R. Weaver -- Utility, design principles and the ethical tradition / Nigel Whiteley -- Freedom of design / Judy Attfield -- Utility and the politics of consumption / Patrick J. Maguire -- Fascinating fitness : the dangers of good design / Judy Attfield -- Design and the state : post-war horizons and pre-millennial aspirations / Jonathan M. Woodham.

Using the concept of utility as a touchstone for the consideration of the place of ethics in the recent history of design, this collection of essays offers a way into the issues which concern design decision-makers today.

Powered by Koha