Where Stuff Comes from: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come to be as They are

Where Stuff Comes from: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come to be as They are

by HarveyMolotch (Author)

Synopsis

Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We now see how corporations, designers, retailers, advertisers, and other middle-men influence what a thing can be and how it is made. We see the way goods link into ordinary life as well as vast systems of consumption, economic and political operation. The book is a meditation into the meaning of the stuff in our lives and what that stuff says about us.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 13 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 0415950422
ISBN 13: 9780415950428

Media Reviews
Successful products must fit into the whole panoply of life and society. The whole story can only be told by someone with a grand view of things, who sees both the trees of design and manufacturing and the forest of the social and political forces upon all of us. Three cheers for Harvey Molotch--this is a great book.
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-Donald A. Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things
Manages to answer questions that have puzzled me for a lifetime. On nearly every page is some absolutely fascinating bit of useless information.
-Science