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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809773203321

Autore

Dunne Anthony

Titolo

Hertzian tales : electronic products, aesthetic experience, and critical design / / Anthony Dunne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-09748-2

9786612097485

0-262-27202-4

1-4294-7726-1

Edizione

[[2005 ed.]]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 174 p. : ill

Disciplina

621.381

Soggetti

Electronic apparatus and appliances - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword to the 1999 Edition -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Electronic as Post-optimal Object -- 2 (In)human Factors -- 3 Para-functionality: The Aesthetics of Use -- 4 Psychosocial Narratives -- 5 Real Fiction -- 6 Hertzian Space -- 7 Hertzian Tales and Sublime Gadgets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

How design can improve the quality of our everyday lives by engaging the invisible electromagnetic environment in which we live.