文档介绍：Cities and Design
Cities, initially a product of the manufacturing era, have been thoroughly remade
in the image of consumer society. Competitive spending among affluent house-
holds has intensified the importance of style and design at every scale and design
professions have grown in size and importance, reflecting distinctive geographies
and locating disproportionately in cities most intimately connected with global
systems of key business services. Meanwhile, many observers still believe good
design can make positive contributions to people’s lives.
Cities and Design explores plex relationships between design and urban
environments. It traces the intellectual roots of urban design, presents a critical
appraisal of the imprint and effectiveness of design professions in shaping urban
environments, examines the role of design in the material culture of contemporary
cities, and explores plex linkages among designers, producers and distrib-
utors in contemporary cities: for example fashion and graphic design in New York;
architecture, fashion and publishing in London; furniture, industrial design, interior
design and fashion in Milan; haute couture in Paris; and so on.
This book offers a distinctive social science perspective on the economic and
cultural context of design in contemporary cities, presenting cities themselves as
settings for design, design services and the ‘affect’ associated with design.
Paul L. Knox is University Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow for
International Advancement at Virginia Tech, where he was Dean of the College of
Architecture and Urban Studies from 1997 to 2006. He has published widely on
urban social geography and economic geography.
Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city
Edited by Malcolm Miles, University of Plymouth, UK
and John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, USA
International Advisory Board:
Franco Bianchini Jane Rendell
Kim Dovey Saskia Sassen
Stephen Graham David Sib