A John Heskett Reader: Design, History, Economics
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01FA84ZC0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 105 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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His research was foundational for the study of industrial design, and his research into the relationship between design, policy and economic value is still a regular reference-point for academics and students alike. A John Heskett Reader brings together a selection of the celebrated design historian John Heskett's key works, introduced and edited by Clive Dilnot of Parsons, the New School, USA.Heskett, who passed away in early 2014, was a pioneering British-born writer and lecturer. This anthology represents well the great range of his work, covering such varied topics as the growth of Japanese industrialism, modernism in the Third Reich, and 1980's corporate design management. Including both hard-to-access and previously unpublished material li
Clive Dilnot is professor of Design Studies at Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA. Recent publications include Ethics? Design? (2005) and, as co-author, Design and the Question of History (Bloomsbury, 2014).
It is a pleasure to see Heskett's classic texts - along with some of his unpublished work - brought together in one marvellous book. His ideas are as fresh and important now as when first written. Dr David Brody, Associate Professor of Design Studies at Parsons, The New School, USA John Heskett's personal voice, quiet intensity, and certain integrity bring to his writings on design an unshakeable sense of its profound implications. The readings collected here underscore the importance of design for policymaking, past and present, and show how economics and policymaking benefit from a historian's eye. Jonathan M Woodham, Professor of Design History at the University of Brighton, UK Clive Dilnot's edition of A John Heskett Reader: Design, History, Economics is a curious anomaly to all of t