The Design of Everyday Life

How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives? The Design of Everyday Life considers this question in detail, from the design of products through to their use in the home.Drawing on interviews with consumers themselves, the authors look at how everyday objects, ranging from screwdrivers to photo management software, are used on a practical level. Closely investigating the design, production and use of mass-market goods, the authors offer new interpretations of how consumers'' needs are met and manufactured. They examine the dynamic interaction of products with everyday practices.The Design of Everyday Life presents a pathbreaking analysis of the sociology of objects, illuminating the connections between design and consumption.>

Product details

• Authors: Martin Hand, Hand Martin, I, Jack Ingram, Ingram Jack, Elizabeth Shove, Shove Elizabeth, Matthew Watson, Watson Matthew
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9781845206826
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-682-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Cultures of Consumption (Hardc; Cultures of Consumption (Hardc; Cultures of Consumption Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social