Research Catalog

Title

California : designing freedom / Justin McGuirk and Brendan McGetrick.

Author

McGuirk, Justin

Publication

• London : Phaidon Press Limited in partnership with the Design Museum, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• McGetrick, Brendan
• Design Museum (London, England), host institution.

Description

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 28 cm

Summary

Our lives, homes, and work are, whether we realize it or not, being designed in California. Our day-to-day experiences are increasingly filtered through social media interfaces, and the Internet of Things is nearly a reality. This important book accesses California's potent influence on today's design culture and traces its evolution, from the influence of 'The Whole Earth Catalog' in the 1960s to the emergence of the Silicon Valley tech giants that are now having a massive influence on contemporary life around the world.

Alternative Title

Designing freedom

Subject

• 1900-2099
• Design > California > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Design > California > History > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Subculture > California > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Design
• Manners and customs
• Subculture
• California > Social life and customs > 20th century > Exhibitions
• California > Social life and customs > 21st century > Exhibitions
• California

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Design Museum, London, 24 May-15 October 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Selling freedom : tools of personal liberation -- Go where you want : tools of movement and escape -- See what you want : tools of perception and fantasy -- Say what you want : tools of self-expression and rebellion -- Make what you want : tools of production and self-reliance -- Join who you want : tools of collaboration and community -- Interviews -- Afterword -- Biographies.

Call Number

JQF 17-1666

ISBN

• 071487423X
• 9780714874234

OCLC

990349602

Author

McGuirk, Justin, author.

Title

California : designing freedom / Justin McGuirk and Brendan McGetrick.

Publisher

London : Phaidon Press Limited in partnership with the Design Museum, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

McGetrick, Brendan, author.

Design Museum (London, England), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-1666