Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially manufactured pottery or the development of appropriate forms for wirelesses. The argument is illustrated with examples ranging from penknives to computers and from sewing machines t...
Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially manufactured pottery or the development of appropriate forms for wirelesses. The argument is illustrated with examples ranging from penknives to computers and from sewing machines to railway carriages.
In opening up new ways of appraising the man-made world around us, Objects of Desire is required reading for anyone who has any involvement with design and a revealing document about our society.
To the leisured classes of the eighteenth century, much of the pleasure of studying ancient Rome and collecting relics from it was the contact it gave them with a civilisation that had seemingly been stable. Their desire to see classical principles, and classical designs, applied to contemporary life arose partly out of a wish to suppress from their consciousness its disturbing tendency to change. (查看原文)
0 有用 cokekaola 2012-03-05 00:19:07
写的通俗易懂，但道理实在
0 有用 青绿十一 2014-07-04 21:06:55
蛮好看的~~主要是英国自工业革命以后的各种设计，比如teapot（几乎讲了一章英国人你们是有多爱喝茶）、textile、家用、办公用家具电器etc，建筑不多讲，就简单一些平面图这样。截止20c上半叶的其他设计史……目测比建筑史好看~泪目~
0 有用 诶徐 2010-04-16 19:00:28
历史书.
0 有用 青绿十一 2014-07-04 21:06:55
蛮好看的~~主要是英国自工业革命以后的各种设计，比如teapot（几乎讲了一章英国人你们是有多爱喝茶）、textile、家用、办公用家具电器etc，建筑不多讲，就简单一些平面图这样。截止20c上半叶的其他设计史……目测比建筑史好看~泪目~
0 有用 cokekaola 2012-03-05 00:19:07
写的通俗易懂，但道理实在
0 有用 诶徐 2010-04-16 19:00:28
历史书.