Industrial Design
John Heskett
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| ‘Fills a serious gap in the documentation of industrialized culture . . . here at last is a readable and thoughtful introduction to design which does not begin and end with art and architecture’ | | – Art History |
The products of industry are inescapable. The author’s highly original, broadly based approach shows how diverse are the forces that have shaped the forms surrounding us: the creativity of individual industrial designers and design teams, technical innovations, economic and social pressures, and always the simultaneous and conflicting demands for continuity and change.
Refrigerators … trains … cameras … aircraft … teapots … drills … razors … furniture … telephones … cars …
1 From traditional crafts to industrial art
2 Industrialization and the serach for harmony
3 The 'American System' and mass-production
4 Standardization and rationalization
5 Art and industry in the early twentieth century
6 The emergence of professional industrial design
7 The introduction of streamlining
8 Corporate design and product identity
9 Technological innovation and design for the home
10 Play, learning, work and leisure
11 Mass-production and individual choice
12 Design and politics
Also of interest:
Basic Forms of Industrial Buildings |
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