Foreword to Revised Edition; Introducing Design Culture; Design Production; Designers and Design Culture; The Consumption of Design; High Design; Consumer Goods; Branded Places; Branded Leisure; On-screen Interactivity; Communication, Management and Participation.

Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis....(展开全部)

The phrase 'production of culture' is concerned with how the organizations in which culture is produced and disseminated affect the nature of culture itself. Yet there is no clear consensus on what is meant by this phrase. Crane, in reviewing and synthesizing current research, provides a systematic and accessible approach to this complex subject. She examines the issue on both ...(展开全部)

Raymond Williams helped to establish the field of cultural sociology with "Marxism and Literature" and "Culture and Society." Continuing the work of those studies, "The Sociology of Culture" offers debate on the origin and evolution of culture. It defines sociology of culture as a convergence of various fields and explores ways in which culture is socially mediated. "A histori...(展开全部)

In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical edge and intellectual agility, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's The Invention of Culture, originally published in 1975, is one. Wagner breaks new ground by arguing that culture arises from the dialectic between the individual and the social world. Rooting his anal...(展开全部)

In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical edge and intellectual agility, few books manage to maintain both historical value and contemporary relevance. Roy Wagner's The Invention of Culture, originally published in 1975, is one. Wagner breaks new ground by arguing that culture arises from the dialectic between the individual and the social world. Rooting his analy...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Hebrew University's van Creveld remains unsurpassed as a scholar of war. In this provocative volume, he challenges perhaps the subject's single greatest shibboleth—at least in Western culture. Since the Enlightenment, war has been described as a means to an end, serving essentially rational interests. Nothing, van Creveld...(展开全部)

夏洛特与彼得·菲尔夫妇是英国知名设计史学者。他们都有着艺术史与设计史专业教育背景，学术经历丰富。夏洛特曾就读于佛罗伦萨英国学院和坎伯韦尔艺术学院，彼得曾在中央圣马丁艺术与设计学院攻读设计研究硕士学位。同时，他们还是伦敦苏富比艺术学院的校友。20世纪80年代末，菲尔夫妇在伦敦开设了一间专门销售设计品的艺廊。20世纪90年代之后，他们的工作重心转向设计研究和设计类图书出版，在1993年至2008年间担任塔森出版社（Taschen）责任编辑。夫妇二人共同合作，编撰一体，先后出版了50余本图书，代表性著作有《1000把椅子》（1000 Chairs，1997年首版，2013年、2017年两次再版）、《20世纪的设计》（Design of the 20th Century，1999年首版）、《斯堪的纳维亚设计》（Scandinavian Design，2002...(展开全部)

What is the primary quality of great design? It moves. It moves us emotionally, travels from person to person, and takes us toward something better. Designers connect and build bridges that lead us to new places and expand what is possible. We tell productive untruths, then toil to make them reality. The practice shifts like a shadow and moves the target. When it does so, the p...(展开全部)