Modern Asian design/ by D.J. Huppatz.

By: Huppatz, D. J [Author]
Language: English Series: Cultural histories of designPublisher: London: Bloomsburry Academic, An imprint of Bloomsburry Publishing Plc, 2018Description: ix, 255 pages, 8 pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474296779Subject(s): Design -- Social aspects -- Asia | Asia -- CivilizationDDC classification: 745.095
Contents:
Introduction. Asia in an expanded design history ; Paths to Asian modernity -- 1. Foundations, 1700-1850. Part I: China from China ; Part II: Textiles from India ; Part III: Modernization, globalization and design -- Section I. Paths to modernity, 1850s-1930s. Elite paths. Part I: Meiji Japan--designing a modern state ; Part II: Siam and civilization ; Part III: Modernizing everyday life in Taishō Japan ; Colonial paths. Part I: Designing the British Raj ; Part II: Designing an Asian empire ; Professional paths. Part I: East meets west ; Part II: Shanghai modernists ; Part III: West meets east ; Consumer paths. Part I: The herald of civilization ; Part II: New patent medicines ; Part III: The department store -- Section II. Asian modernity, 1940s-2000s. Postcolonial design and the state. Part I: Chandigarh ; Part II: Designing the People's Republic of China ; Part III: Singapore--designing a postcolonial society ; Design and development. Part I: From domestic appliances to digital lifestyles ; Part II: Design for development ; The design professional. Part I: Kenji Ekuan ; Part II: Minnette De Silva ; Part III: Kan Tai-Keung ; Globalization and consuming Asian design. Part I: Rebranding banks in Hong Kong ; Part II: Asian lifestyle brands -- Conclusion. Design history and modern Asian design.
Summary: "Modern Asian Design provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Asian design in the modern period, tracing historical threads and offering a theoretical framework within which to chart the history of design in Asia. Rather than a singular 'Asian history', the book presents a series of studies centred on trade routes, colonial relationships, regional networks and cross-cultural exchanges. Modern Asian Design builds on existing resources beyond design history in an effort to map the field, focusing particularly on relations between Asia and the West, and also across Asian design cultures. Opening with a brief overview of trade and exchange networks in the 17th and 18th centuries, the bulk of this study comprises analysis of the development of modern design in Asia during the 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid modernization. The book's final chapters bring these central ideas into a contemporary and highly relevant context"--back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Asia in an expanded design history ; Paths to Asian modernity --
1. Foundations, 1700-1850. Part I: China from China ; Part II: Textiles from India ; Part III: Modernization, globalization and design --
Section I. Paths to modernity, 1850s-1930s. Elite paths. Part I: Meiji Japan--designing a modern state ; Part II: Siam and civilization ; Part III: Modernizing everyday life in Taishō Japan ; Colonial paths. Part I: Designing the British Raj ; Part II: Designing an Asian empire ; Professional paths. Part I: East meets west ; Part II: Shanghai modernists ; Part III: West meets east ; Consumer paths. Part I: The herald of civilization ; Part II: New patent medicines ; Part III: The department store --
Section II. Asian modernity, 1940s-2000s. Postcolonial design and the state. Part I: Chandigarh ; Part II: Designing the People's Republic of China ; Part III: Singapore--designing a postcolonial society ; Design and development. Part I: From domestic appliances to digital lifestyles ; Part II: Design for development ; The design professional. Part I: Kenji Ekuan ; Part II: Minnette De Silva ; Part III: Kan Tai-Keung ; Globalization and consuming Asian design. Part I: Rebranding banks in Hong Kong ; Part II: Asian lifestyle brands --
Conclusion. Design history and modern Asian design.

"Modern Asian Design provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Asian design in the modern period, tracing historical threads and offering a theoretical framework within which to chart the history of design in Asia. Rather than a singular 'Asian history', the book presents a series of studies centred on trade routes, colonial relationships, regional networks and cross-cultural exchanges. Modern Asian Design builds on existing resources beyond design history in an effort to map the field, focusing particularly on relations between Asia and the West, and also across Asian design cultures. Opening with a brief overview of trade and exchange networks in the 17th and 18th centuries, the bulk of this study comprises analysis of the development of modern design in Asia during the 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid modernization. The book's final chapters bring these central ideas into a contemporary and highly relevant context"--back cover.

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