Are We Human? : Notes on an Archeology of Design / by Beatriz Colomina und Mark Wigley

By:

Colomina, Beatriz, 1952- [VerfasserIn]

Contributor(s):

Wigley, Mark, 1956- [VerfasserIn]

303778511X
9783037785119

Subject(s):

RVK: RVK: LB 86000 | LC 90000 | LH 79500LOC classification:

NK1505

Summary: The mirror of design: spiderwebs, sediments radiation, extinction self-surveillance -- The plastic human: plasticity, strange artifacts interface -- Blows of design: technofossils, prehistory genetic continuum hands, ornament sexual selection -- The invention of the human: tools, brain, curiosity -- The ornamental species: domestication, beads, networks, thinking strings, useless things -- New from nowhere: mechanical life, good design, morality, failure toys, functionalsim -- Good design is an anesthetic: smoothness, shock, smile shock absorber, nerves -- The design of health: dissection, x-ray, tuberculosis, fatigue, allergies, autoimmune burnout -- Human-centered design: camping, artificial limbs biology, survival, self-destruction, primal scene -- The frictionless silhouette: normal, human engineering, automaton biotechnique, discipline -- Designing the body: bodybuilding, hedonism nudism, libido, stomach psyche -- Design as perversion: fetishism, bondage voyeurism, erotica scatology, pedophilia -- Designing a ghost: scale figure, protohumans clothing, lurking shadows -- The unstable body: microbiome, prosthetics plastic surgery, drugs biodesign, chimera -- Homo cellular: intimacy, connectivity shelter, computation selfie, surveillance -- Design in 2 seconds: social media, avatar hybrid space, the bed postlabor, self-designSummary: The question Are We Human? is both urgent and ancient. Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley offer a multi-layered exploration of the intimate relationship between human and design and rethink the philosophy of design in a multi-dimensional exploration from the very first tools and ornaments to the constant buzz of social media. This book gathers the thoughts when preparing the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, ideas that guided the project, grew during it, and go beyond it.Call number: Grundsignatur: 2022 A 514PPN: PPN: 864273436

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Freihandbestand ausleihbar	Bibliothek Campus Süd	soz 2.25	Lesesaal Geisteswissenschaften (LSG)	2022 A 514	Checked out	30.05.2025	54132585090

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