Description
Renewed interest in do-it-yourself, together with the growth of hacking, open-source design and digital fabrication, have all contributed to an expansion of the concepts of re-imagine and re-make in the new millennium. Embraced by professionals, amateurs and companies alike, these developments further attest to the diverse practice of re-interpretation in contemporary design.
Bringing together key examples of the re-issuing, re-imagining and re-making of design icons, the book draws on observations from designers, artists and manufacturers in order to understand the varied motivations behind these activities. It places the works within their historical and cultural context, and considers the boundaries between art and design. Further, the book interrogates the issues of authenticity and authorship and the ethical and legal rights to copy and to alter iconic objects that are raised by these re-interpretations.
About the Author
Elisabeth Darby has been a lecturer at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London since 1984 and, between 2007 and 2017, was Programme Director of their MA in Contemporary Design.
Reviews
'Innovative in its approach, with a text that gives the reader new ways of understanding and appreciating contemporary furniture' - Decorative Arts Society
Book Information
ISBN 9781848222618
Author Elisabeth Darby
Format Hardback
Page Count 152
Imprint Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Publisher Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd