Culture of Craft - Status and Future

Klappentext Peter Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. One of the key questions discussed in the book is what makes the difference between a craft and a modern technology.What role does the craftsman play on the professional life of the designer? Is the craft of design threatened with deskilling by technology? These are among the questions discussed in this collection of essays about the relevance and place of handcraft in the late 20th century.

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• Authors: Peter Dormer, Dormer Peter
• Assisted by: Peter Dormer (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.1997
• EAN: 9780719046186
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4618-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture; Studies in Design and Material Culture; Studies in Design and Material
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, Decorative arts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, DESIGN / Decorative Arts