Unsustainability: towards a new design history, with reference to British utility

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Massey, A. and Micklethwaite, P. 2009. Unsustainability: towards a new design history, with reference to British utility. Design Philosophy Papers.
TypeArticle
TitleUnsustainability: towards a new design history, with reference to British utility
AuthorsMassey, A. and Micklethwaite, P.
Abstract

Does design history need to be rewritten? Do we need to constantly re-invent disciplines and approaches, negate all previous scholarship because we can assert our own as more credible? This paper argues for a New Design History which does not eschew everything from the original Design History, in the spirit of sustainability. The wardrobe of Design History has some items which deserve thrifty recycling. The argument is presented by moving through three different modes/voices: first, the challenge of sustainability for the discipline of Design History is examined; then an autobiographical account of the acknowledgement of sustainability within the history of Design History is presented; finally, the British Utility scheme is considered as a case study in the history of sustainability.

Research GroupFashion and Interiors
Design and Urban Cultures cluster
CREATE/Feminisms cluster
Visual Culture and Curating cluster
PublisherTeam D/E/S
JournalDesign Philosophy Papers
ISSN1448-7136
Publication dates
Print2009
Publication process dates
Deposited13 Nov 2012
Output statusPublished
Web address (URL)http://www.desphilosophy.com/dpp/dpp_journal/cited_papers/paper5_MasseyMickle/body.html
LanguageEnglish
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