Where Stuff Comes From - How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers Many Other Things Come to Be

Informationen zum Autor Harvey Molotch Klappentext A sparkling tour of how things are created: the everyday objects of our life - paper clips, Post-its, bathtubs, cars and all the other stuff - are a delicate and clever intermingling of design, timing and functionality that mirrors contemporary life. Zusammenfassung A sparkling tour of how things are created: the everyday objects of our life - paper clips, Post-its, bathtubs, cars and all the other stuff - are a delicate and clever intermingling of design, timing and functionality that mirrors contemporary life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Lash-Ups: Goods and Bads 2. Inside Stuff: How Professionals Do It 3. Form and Function 4. Changing Goods 5. Venues and Middlemen 6. Place in Product 7. Corporate Organization and the Design Big Thing 8. Moral Rules: New for Old

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Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Lash-Ups: Goods and Bads 2. Inside Stuff: How Professionals Do It 3. Form and Function 4. Changing Goods 5. Venues and Middlemen 6. Place in Product 7. Corporate Organization and the Design Big Thing 8. Moral Rules: New for Old

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• Autori: Harvey Molotch, Harvey L. Molotch, Molotch Harvey
• Editore: Routledge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.06.2005
• EAN: 9780415950428
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95042-8
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura d'interni, design; History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Humanities