Provocative Plastics
Their Value in Design and Material Culture
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Beschreibung
Plastics have now been our most used materials for over fifty years. This book adopts a new approach, exploring plastics’ contribution from two perspectives: as a medium for making and their value in societal use. The first approach examines the multivalent nature of plastics materiality and their impact on creativity through the work of artists, designers and manufacturers. The second perspective explores attitudes to plastics and the different value systems applied to them through current research undertaken by design, materials and socio-cultural historians. The book addresses the environmental impact of plastics and elucidates the ways in which they can and must be part of the solution. The individual viewpoints are provocative and controversial but together they present a balanced and scholarly un-picking of the debate that surrounds this ubiquitous group of materials. The book is essential reading for a wide academic readership interested in the Arts and Humanities, especially Design and Design History; Anthropology; and Cultural, Material and Social Histories.
Provides a well-balanced if provocative discussion of what is good and bad about plastics Explores the value of plastics as a creative medium and in societal use Considers ways in which plastics can contribute to the solution of the problems they create
Autor*in
Susan Lambert
Themen in »Provocative Plastics«
Plastics Material Culture Manufacture Consumerism