{"product_id":"global-design-history-9780415572873","title":"Global Design History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobalism is often discussed using abstract terms, such as networks' or flows' and usually in relation to recent history. \u003cem\u003eGlobal Design History\u003c\/em\u003e moves us past this limited view of globalism, broadening our sense of this key term in history and theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters focus our attention on objects, and the stories they can tell us about cultural interactions on a global scale. They place these concrete things into contexts, such as trade, empire, mediation, and various forms of design practice. Among the varied topics included are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe global underpinnings of Renaissance material culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe trade of Indian cottons in the eighteenth-century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Japanese tea ceremony as a case of import substitution' \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGerman design in the context of empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehandcrafted modernist furniture in Turkey \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAustralian fashions employing ethnic' motifs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean experimental UK-Ghanaian design partnership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preface Introduction: Towards Global Design History \u003cem\u003eSarah Teasley, Giorgio Riello, and Glenn Adamson\u003c\/em\u003e 1. The Global Renaissance: Cross-Cultural Material Culture and the Creation of a Community of Taste \u003cem\u003eMarta Ajmar-Wollheim and Luca Molà\u003c\/em\u003e Response by \u003cem\u003eDana Leibsohn \u003c\/em\u003e 2. Global Design in Jingdezhen: Local Production and Global Connections \u003cem\u003eAnne Gerritsen \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eBeverly Lemire \u003c\/em\u003e3. Indian Cottons and European Fashion, 1400-1800 \u003cem\u003eJohn Styles \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003ePrasannan Parthasarathi \u003c\/em\u003e4. Import Substitution, Innovation and the Tea Ceremony in Fifteenth and Sixteenth-Century Japan \u003cem\u003eChristine M. E. Guth \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eMaxine Berg \u003c\/em\u003e 5. The Globalization of the Fashion City \u003cem\u003eChristopher Breward \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eSimona Segre Reinach \u003c\/em\u003e6. Performing White South African Identity through International and Empire Exhibitions \u003cem\u003eDipti Bhagat\u003c\/em\u003e Response by \u003cem\u003eAngus Lockyer \u003c\/em\u003e 7. ‘From the Far Corners’: Telephones, Globalization, and the Production of Locality in the 1920s \u003cem\u003eMichael J. Golec \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eAnne Balsamo \u003c\/em\u003e 8. The Globalization of the Deutscher Werkbund: Design Reform, Industrial Policy, and German Foreign Policy, 1907-1914 \u003cem\u003eJohn Maciuika \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003ePaul Betts \u003c\/em\u003e 9. Where in the World is Design?: The Case of India, 1900-1945 \u003cem\u003eVictor Margolin \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eChristopher Pinney \u003c\/em\u003e10. ‘Handmade Modernity’: A Case Study on Postwar Turkish Modern Furniture Design \u003cem\u003eGyökan Karakus \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eEdward S. Cooke, Jr. \u003c\/em\u003e11. Old Empire and New Global Luxury: Fashioning Global Design \u003cem\u003ePeter McNeil \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eShehnaz Suterwalla \u003c\/em\u003e 12. Analyzing Social Networking Websites: The Design of Happy Network in China \u003cem\u003eBasile Zimmermann \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eNgai-Ling Sum \u003c\/em\u003e 13. From Nation-bound Histories to Global Narratives of Architecture \u003cem\u003eJilly Traganou \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eLucia Allais \u003c\/em\u003e14. e-Artisans: Contemporary Design for the Global Market \u003cem\u003eTom Barker and Ashley Hall \u003c\/em\u003eResponse by \u003cem\u003eShannon May \u003c\/em\u003eBibliography Resource Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018167451991,"sku":"9780415572873","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415572873.jpg?v=1750775870","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-design-history-9780415572873","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}