Industriële vormgeving

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ISBN: 9789061683070
Dutch edition
Fourth edition, 2003
SUN architecture
Softcover, 240 pages
17 x 22 cm
illustrated
1989
€29,15 (excl. VAT)

Industriële vormgeving

John Heskett

We encounter industrial products everywhere, at home, on the street and at work. Mechanised industry has inundated the world with goods and devices designed to meet our needs and desires. But who decides what form these artefacts take and what informs that decision? In this multifaceted and richly documented book, John Heskett considers the forces that have shaped industrial design since the transition from traditional to mass production: tradition and modernity; form and function; standardisation and individualisation; technology and aesthetics. Sewing machines, trains, cars, kitchens: whether they are created by anonymous engineers or by renowned designers like Eames, Loewy and Zwart, they all bear the marks of the diverse forces that have influenced their design.

"…here at last is a readable and thoughtful introduction to design which does not begin and end with art and architecture."

Art History

About the author: John Heskett (1937) attended the London School of Economics. He holds the chair at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design.

Please note: This is the Dutch edition of this publication.