Frontiers of looking past: a Nietzschean survey of introductions and intentions in Design History

Frontiers of looking past: a Nietzschean survey of introductions and intentions in Design History

Banu, Lisa

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Friedrich Nietzsche’s ‘On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life (1874)’ identifies three motivations for historical reflection: monumental, antiquarian and critical. From this existential suspicion, this paper explores the introductory chapters, of Pevsner’s 1968, The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design, Jonathan Woodham’s 1997, 20th Century Design, and David Raizman’s, 2004 History of Modern Design, as representations of monumental, antiquarian and critical history, in order to chart a post-imperial, post-industrial 21st century frontier for design history.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s ‘On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life (1874)’ identifies three motivations for historical reflection: monumental, antiquarian and critical. From this existential suspicion, this paper explores the introductory chapters, of Pevsner’s 1968, The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design, Jonathan Woodham’s 1997, 20th Century Design, and David Raizman’s, 2004 History of Modern Design, as representations of monumental, antiquarian and critical history, in order to chart a post-imperial, post-industrial 21st century frontier for design history.

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DOI: 10.5151/design-icdhs-087

Referências bibliográficas

• [1] Nietzsche, F. 1980. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company.
• [2] Pevsner, N. 1975. Pioneers of Modern Design. New York: Penguin Books.
• [3] Raizman, M. 2004. History of Modern Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc.
• [4] Woodham, J. 1997. Twentieth-Century Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Banu, Lisa; "Frontiers of looking past: a Nietzschean survey of introductions and intentions in Design History", p-394-397. In: Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-087