Home futures : living in yesterday's tomorrow /
The home of the future has long been a topic of fascination in popular culture and an intriguing prospect for designers, and the 20th century offered up countless visions of the future of domestic life, from the aspirational to the radical. Whether it was the dream of the fully mechanized home or th...
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Design Museum Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | London, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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The home of the future has long been a topic of fascination in popular culture and an intriguing prospect for designers, and the 20th century offered up countless visions of the future of domestic life, from the aspirational to the radical. Whether it was the dream of the fully mechanized home or the notion that technology might free us from the home altogether, the domestic realm was a site of endless invention and speculation. But what happened to those visions? Are the smart homes of today and patterns of use in the sharing economy the future that architects and designers once predicted, or has the home proved resistant to radical change? 'Home Futures: Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow' explores different approaches to reinventing domestic life, tracing the social and technological developments that have driven change in the home. The first comprehensive survey of the 20th century's aspirational, radical and futuristic visions of the home, this richly illustrated publication showcases a range of ideas and plans for the future from the prescient to the fantastical that designers produced as they imagined new ways of living at home and on the move, independently and collectively, with more and with less. |
Item Description: |
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition [of the same name], created in collaboration with the IKEA Museum, held at the Design Museum, London, 7 November 2018 to 24 March 2019." - page 298. Designers, architects and artists include : Absalon, Ron Arad, Archigram, Archizoom Associati, Atelier Van Lieshout, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Andrea Branzi, Joe Colombo, Michael Craig-Martin, Dunne & Raby, Yona Friedman, Buckminster Fuller, Richard Hamilton, Hans Hollein, Haus-Rucker-Co, Industrial Facility, Jan Kaplicky, Frederick Kiesler, Mark Leckey, Linder, Enzo Mari, OpenStructures, Gaetano Pesce, Ugo la Pietra, Alison and Peter Smithson, SO-IL, Ettore Sottsass, Studio Makkink & Bey, Andrea Zittel. |
Carrier Form: | 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781872005423 187200542X |
Index Number: | NA7125 |
CLC: | TU241-28 |
Call Number: | TU241-28/H765 |
Contents: |
Catalogue : Living with others -- Living on the move -- Living smart -- Living with less -- Living autonomously -- Domestic arcadia -- Reader : Beyond the four walls / Loveless: a short history of minimum dwelling / The porous interior: privacy and performance at home / Labour-saving technology and the ideology of ease / Sexing the smart home / The irrational home / |