| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Many of the things we now live with do not take a purely physical form. Objects such as smart phones, laptops and wearable fitness trackers are different from our things of the past. These new digital forms are networked, dynamic and contextually configured. They can be changeable and unpredictable, even inscrutable when it comes to understanding what they actually do and whom they really serve. In this compelling new volume, Johan Redstrom and Heather Wiltse address critical questions that have assumed a fresh urgency in the context of these rapidly-developing forms. Drawing on critical traditions from a range of disciplines that have been used to understand the nature of things, they develop a new vocabulary and a theoretical approach that allows us to account for and address the multi-faceted, dynamic, constantly evolving forms and functions of contemporary things. In doing so, the book prototypes a new design discourse around everyday things, and describes them as fluid assemblages. Redstrom and Wiltse explore how a new theoretical framework could enable a richer understanding of things as fluid and networked, with a case study of the evolution of music players culminating in an in-depth discussion of Spotify. Other contemporary 'things' touched on in their analysis include smart phones and watches, as well as digital platforms and applications such as Google, Facebook and Twitter. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 What Is Going On with Things?; 3 Just Press Play, Please; 4 Fluid Assemblages; 5 Things for Us; 6 Things in Themselves; 7 A Conceptual Toolkit; 8 Assembling an Analytic Playlist; 9 Making Concepts; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Manufactures.
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Manufactures. |
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Material culture.
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Material culture. |
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New products.
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New products. |
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Design.
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Design. |
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Technological innovations.
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Industrial / commercial art & design. |
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Material culture. |
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Technological innovations. |
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Product design. |
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ART / Folk & Outsider Art. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing. |
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Folkcrafts. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. |
| Indexed Term |
History and Culture of Design |
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Technology and Techniques (Design) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wiltse, Heather, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Redstrom, Johan. Changing things. The future of objects in a digital world. London : Bloomsbury Academic 2018 9781350004351 (OCoLC)1028606426 |
| ISBN |
9781350004344 (electronic book) |
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1350004340 (electronic book) |
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9781350004351 |
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1350004359 |
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9781350004368 (online) |
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1350004367 |
| Standard No. |
10.5040/9781350004368. |
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