[Commlist] New book: Product Design, Technology, and Social Change: A Short Cultural History

Intellect is pleased to share that /Product Design, Technology, and 
Social Change: A Short Cultural History/ 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/product-design-technology-and-social-change>, by 
Laura S. Scherling, is out in paperback and hardback.

A pocket history of product design from the birth of cities to the 
digital design revolution, this cultural history critically examines the 
development of product design, considering major milestones in the mass 
production of goods and services and aiming to incorporate a more 
inclusive worldview than traditional surveys of the topic.

The breadth and versatility of product design throughout history have 
been profound. Products have long supported the integration and 
interpretation of emerging technologies into our lives. These objects 
include everything from tools, accessories, furniture and clothing to 
types of transportation, websites and mobile applications. Products 
provide singular or multiple functions, are tangible and intangible and 
in many instances have affected the quality of our lives by saving time 
or money or by increasing feelings of personal satisfaction. At the same 
time, many products have negatively affected people and the environment. 
For nearly every product that makes it into the hands of a consumer, 
there is also a designer who created it and someone who laboured to make 
it. An eye-opening survey of product design from preindustrial times to 
the present day, /Product Design, Technology, and Social 
Change/ provides a thorough examination of the relationship between 
products, consumption, sustainability, politics and social movements.

Check out our 'In Conversation' with Laura Scherling on the Intellect 
Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SdYIP5d55w>.


*_Table of Contents
_*
*Figures
Acknowledgements
Author Note
Foreword *– Don A. Norman, Ph.D.

*Part 1: Product Design in Society: An Introduction
1. *Product Design and Its Impact
*2. *Production and Consumption in Design

*Part 2: Product Design and Ethical Considerations
3.* Product Design and Environmental Sustainability
*4.* Product Design and Labour
*5.* Design, Politics, and Social Movements

*Part 3: Pre-Industrial Products
6. *Surveying Design History from Prehistoric Times
*7.* Pre-Industrial Design Processes and Craft Guilds

*Part 4: Industrialization and the Socio-Economic  Impacts of Design*
*8.* Industrialization
*9. *Design, Social Reform, and a Technological Revolution
*10. *Modernism, Consumer Culture, and Warfare

*Part 5: The Information Age*
*11. *Post World War II
*12. *A Social and Digital Revolution in Design
*13.* Digital Products and Immersive Technologies

*Epilogue
Author Biography
Index*

Please visit our website for more information:
www.intellectbooks.com/product-design-technology-and-social-change 
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/product-design-technology-and-social-change>


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