The Industrial Design Reader

by Carma Gorman (Editor)

With input from a diverse range of industry experts/designers, theorists, critics, historians, and curators, this anthology is the first to focus exclusively on the history of industrial design. This pioneering guide traces the entire history of industrial design, industrialization, and mass production from 1850 until today. Sixty comprehensive essays written by designers, theorists, advertisers, historians, and curators detail the most crucial movements, issues, and accomplishments of industrial design. They combine news reports on the very first design workshops, aesthetic manifestos, lectures, and more from the biggest names in the field: William Morris, Henry Dreyfuss, and Victor Papanek, to name only a few. The Industrial Design Reader is an excellent resource for educators, students, and practicing designers. • Features design from not only theoretical and aesthetic perspectives, but also from a socio-political point of view, with texts from Karl Marx, Ralph Nader, and others • Copublished with the Design Management Institute, which will actively promote the book to its membership

Genres: Design, Nonfiction, School, Art, Art Design, Read For School, History

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Micah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent assortment of digestible, thought-provoking writings across design history. Essential for collection

[Moses · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful as a primer on industrial design history and theory, but not riveting.

[Jaimie Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains many great stories about the history of Industrial Design. I had Carma Gorman as a professor in college and she was full of wonderful insightful information about Industrial Design. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning about the history of Industrial Design!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a selection of writings and excerpts pertaining to the history of industrial design, organized chronologically. I had a hard time getting into this book, due to the essays at the beginning being written in 19th century prose. However, it got easier to read as we moved forward in time and eventually my initial decision to get rid of this book was completely reversed. I was intrigued by the point of view of the person who invented planned obsolescence. I empathized deeply with the design discourse at the turn of the century concerning the value of handmade goods vs. machined goods - a topic that I still feel is highly relevant today, even though we’re far past the industrial revolution. At the end, the selections start veering towards and hinting at design in the digital age. Overall I felt that the selected writings were thought provoking and covered a lot of ground.

[Yokusun Basi]

The Industrial Design Reader by Carma Gorman (2003)

[Karinne Rogers · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a book about design, this sure was pretty boring

[jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

…honestly pretty cool to read. by far the best textbook i had to read for history of design 🕺🏽

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic history of ID as told by those who shaped it. The essays outline the issues surrounding ID as it evolved through the generations. From the craft movement to Ford to modern day, each essay paints a growing portrait of what makes ID such an interesting and dynamic field.

[mahatmanto · Rating 4 out of 5]

keren.
ini kumpulan esai-esai 'monumental', artinya: esai-esai penting yang merupakan tonggak dalam diskursus disain [produk].
bagi yang meminati sejarah disain buku ini perlu dimiliki deh.