The poetics of everyday objects : a theoretical and practical investigation into the materiality and embodiment of meaning in designed objects, with special reference to furniture and product design practice after 1988

This practice-based PhD thesis begins with a question prompted by a noticeable shift, both visual and conceptual, in design trends observed in the European design industry from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Did this shift reflect designers' intuitive response to the present conditions of m...

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Main Author: Tsutsumi, M.
Published: Kingston University 2007
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438910