Designing for Socialist Need
Industrial Design Practice in the German Democratic Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23556697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharina Pfützner |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Designing for Socialist Need (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315642833 |
| OpenAlex | W4234021229 |
| Open Library | OL53986924M |
| ISBN | 9781315642833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
How does industrial design operate outside of capitalist consumer culture? Designing for Socialist Need assembles a detailed picture of industrial design practice in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR). Drawing on much previously unexplored material from a wide variety of sources, it not only maps out some of the ideological, institutional and economic contexts within which GDR design functioned, it also critically reconstructs the designers’ aims and perspectives in order to argue that they shared a profoundly socially responsible approach to design. By focusing on their ideas and approaches, this volume attends to the previously unacknowledged intellectual and practical richness of GDR design culture and demonstrates that it can provide pertinent insights not only for scholars of GDR history or German design, but also for contemporary design practitioners, theorists and educators with an interest in sustainability in design.
Political science · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Design · General · Germany (East) · Industrial design · Social aspects · Social conditions · Technology & Engineering
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |