Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come to Be As They Are
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Book Overview
A sparkling tour of how things are created: the everyday objects of our life - paper clips, Post-its, bathtubs, cars and all the other stuff - are a delicate and clever intermingling of design, timing and functionality that mirrors contemporary life.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415950422
ISBN13:9780415950428
Release Date:June 2005
Publisher:Routledge
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Why some designs remain the same and some are constantly changing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers, And Many Other Things Came To Be As They Are isn't just a review of invention history: Molotch spoke with product designs, marketers, and everyone involved in making everyday products part of our lives, surveying design options, the psychology behind consumer choices, and more. The origins of each product involve a life and evolutionary process: Molotch explains why some designs remain the same and some are constantly changing.
A must read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Harvey Molotch gets network thinking. More than that, he does it. In his book, "Where Stuff Comes From", he shows, with brilliant simplicity, the complex web of interactions that lie behind creation and production of the everyday stuff that surrounds us. This is a book that every thinking designer should read. Actually, it's a book that anyone who cares about the world we live in should read. Sensible, humane and thoughtful, it brightened up my day.
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