American Design Ethic: A History of Industrial Design

by Arthur J. Pulos

What is uniquely American about American design? This first history of American products and the philosophy behind their design, use, and manufacture points to the process - the interaction between industrial technology and culture - that gave form to an American "ethic" in material products and helped shape the life style of its citizens. Pulos discusses the influences and fashions as well as the major figures and schools of design from Colonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262660571
• ISBN13: 9780262660570
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 441 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.