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The Design Collective : An Approach to Practice

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The rise of social networking and open-source technology, the return of community-focussed activities (e.g. gardens, knitting groups, food cooperatives) and creative collectives across the fields of design and the visual arts have reawakened the discourse around human capital, flat structures and collectives as a means for 'making' the things of everyday life. As the essays presented in this collection illustrate, there is an emerging field of discourse about the potential of the collective as an organising and generative community structure that links creativity, social change and politics. Furthermore it is clear that in this developing context there are a number of issues central to design practice, such as authorship, agency and aesthetics that are in the process of re-evaluation and critique. Bringing together views of practitioners, historians and theorists, this volume examines the etymology, boundaries and practices that the idea of the collective affords. It is broadly organised into sections on architecture, digital technologies and counter-cultural practices and includes historical and contemporary accounts of design collectives from a range of disciplinary viewpoints.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781443840279
  • ISBN-10: 1443840270
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Publish Date: September 2012
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Page Count: 285

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