{"product_id":"designing-the-creative-child-9780816679614","title":"Designing the Creative Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At a time when the news media is again concerned about a crisis in American creativity, schools are cutting funding for arts education, major foundations are modeling ways that students and teachers might ‘play’ with new media, and museums worry about declining youth attendance, \u003ci\u003eDesigning the Creative Child \u003c\/i\u003emakes an important intervention, reminding us that these debates build upon a much longer history of efforts to support and enhance the creative development of American youth. I admire this fascinating, multidisciplinary account which couples close attention to the design of everyday cultural materials with an awareness of the debates in educational theory, public policy, children’s literature, and abstract art which informed them.\" —Henry Jenkins, Editor, \u003ci\u003eThe Children's Culture Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Amy Ogata’s \u003ci\u003eDesigning the Creative Child\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptionally interesting book on the development of both child psychology and playthings in America during the baby boom years following World War II. A delightfully educational book.\"—\u003ci\u003eLife Long Dewey \u003c\/i\u003e(blog)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Amy Ogata . . . argues that American worries about conformity—as well as the nation’s Cold War rivalry with the totalitarian Soviet Union—persuaded parents that their children’s creative impulses could, and should, be encouraged.\"—\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This well-researched and clearly written history of the responses of designers and architects to advice from psychologists on ways to encourage creativity in young children in Cold War America is a welcome addition to cultural history, architectural and design history, the study of material culture, and child psychology. [Ogata’s] broad knowledge of art and architecture contributes to the success of her foray into the history of toys, playrooms, playgrounds, schoolrooms, and children’s museums.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An insightful investigation into the development and marketing of objects and spaces for children aimed at satisfying parental desires to promote creativity in the children of mid-century America.\"—\u003ci\u003eArt Libraries Society of North America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Featuring extensive illustrations of toy advertisements, product designs, and blueprints, this highly informative book has an extensive bibliography and notes.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDesigning the Creative Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable and inspiring resource for scholars and professionals in child related research.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Architect’s Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ogata’s book is well researched, well written, and beautifully illustrated—and truly innovative in its depiction of how a generation of toy designers, architects, and museum curators gave shape to their faith in youthful creativity.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Play\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lucid and engaging, Ogata’s assiduously researched study sheds a much-needed light on its origins and development and contributes significantly to our understanding of everyday design in the dynamics of postwar cultural change.\"—\u003ci\u003eBuildings \u0026amp; Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ogata brings her research together in an exciting way by examining childhood creativity as an idealized attribute developed in the multi-faceted dimensionality of material culture—from television programming and toy design to suburan homes, school buildings and museum exhibition design. The book is richly illustrated and is in conversation with other multi-disciplinary books that address aspects of the post-war era, consumerism, architecture, suburbia and school design.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Design History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This study offers us innovative ways of understanding efforts to shape childhood that we might consider adopting more fully.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Childhood and Youth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tight, timely study.\"—\u003ci\u003eArt Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important contribution.\"—\u003ci\u003eWinterthur Portfolio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully illustrated and superbly written.\"—\u003ci\u003eDaniella On Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Object Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Constructing Creativity in Postwar America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Educational Toys and Creative Playthings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Creative Living at Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Building Creativity in Postwar Schools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Learning Imagination in Art and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Legacy of Consuming Creativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405969793367,"sku":"9780816679614","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816679614.jpg?v=1730494087","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-the-creative-child-9780816679614","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}