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Designing for Socialist Need

Industrial Design Practice in the German Democratic Republic

Designing for Socialist Need( )
Author: Pfützner, Katharina
Series title:Routledge Research in Architecture Ser.
ISBN:978-1-138-18791-7
Publication Date:Dec 2017
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $155.00
Book Description:

How does industrial design operate outside of capitalist consumer culture? Designing for Socialist Need assembles a detailed picture of industrial design practice in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR). Drawing on much previously unexplored material from a wide variety of sources, it not only maps out some of the ideological, institutional and economic contexts within which GDR design functioned, it also critically reconstructs the designers' aims and perspectives...
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Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Industrial Design / General
Design / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.477 x 0.78 Inches
Book Weight:1.298 Pounds



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