Ebook: Design Anthropology: Object Culture in the 21st Century

---

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Introduction....Pages 9-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Poetic Observation: What Designers Make of What They See....Pages 16-32
Prototyping the Social: Temporality and Speculative Futures at the Intersection of Design and Culture....Pages 33-44
The ethnography in design....Pages 45-55
Criminality and Creativity: What’s at Stake in Designing Against Crime?....Pages 56-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
The Anthropological Object in Design: From Victor Papanek to Superstudio....Pages 74-87
Designing Ourselves....Pages 88-99
Objects in Sociology....Pages 100-116
Coloring Cars: Customizing Motor Vehicles in the East of the Australian Western Desert....Pages 117-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Materials and Design....Pages 130-141
Consuming IKEA: Inspiration as Material Form....Pages 142-153
‘Erotic Needlework’: Vernacular Designs on the 21st Century Market....Pages 155-168
Functioning Forms / Anti-Design....Pages 169-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Valuable to Values: How ‘User Research’ Ought to Change....Pages 184-201
The Digital as Para-world: Design, Anthropology, and Information Technologies....Pages 202-211
31m2 and Style....Pages 212-228
Technology for the Future, Design for the Present? Reflections on the Ambient Assisted Living Technology Industry....Pages 229-241
Back Matter....Pages 244-256

---

Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Introduction....Pages 9-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Poetic Observation: What Designers Make of What They See....Pages 16-32
Prototyping the Social: Temporality and Speculative Futures at the Intersection of Design and Culture....Pages 33-44
The ethnography in design....Pages 45-55
Criminality and Creativity: What’s at Stake in Designing Against Crime?....Pages 56-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
The Anthropological Object in Design: From Victor Papanek to Superstudio....Pages 74-87
Designing Ourselves....Pages 88-99
Objects in Sociology....Pages 100-116
Coloring Cars: Customizing Motor Vehicles in the East of the Australian Western Desert....Pages 117-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Materials and Design....Pages 130-141
Consuming IKEA: Inspiration as Material Form....Pages 142-153
‘Erotic Needlework’: Vernacular Designs on the 21st Century Market....Pages 155-168
Functioning Forms / Anti-Design....Pages 169-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Valuable to Values: How ‘User Research’ Ought to Change....Pages 184-201
The Digital as Para-world: Design, Anthropology, and Information Technologies....Pages 202-211
31m2 and Style....Pages 212-228
Technology for the Future, Design for the Present? Reflections on the Ambient Assisted Living Technology Industry....Pages 229-241
Back Matter....Pages 244-256
....