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Are we human? : notes on an archaeology of design /

Title:
Are we human? : notes on an archaeology of design /
Author:
Colomina, Beatriz, author.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Lesley Moriarty, MassArt, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Contents:
The mirror of design : spiderwebs, sediments radiation, extinction self-surveillance -- The plastic human : plasticity, strange artifacts interface -- Blows of design : technofossils, prehistory genetic continuum hands, ornament sexual selection -- The invention of the human : tools, brain, curiosity -- The ornamental species : domestication, beads, networks, thinking strings, useless things -- New from nowhere : mechanical life, good design, morality, failure toys, functionalsim -- Good design is an anesthetic : smoothness, shock, smile shock absorber, nerves -- The design of health : dissection, x-ray, tuberculosis, fatigue, allergies, autoimmune burnout -- Human-centered design : camping, artificial limbs biology, survival, self-destruction, primal scene -- The frictionless silhouette : normal, human engineering, automaton biotechnique, discipline -- Designing the body : bodybuilding, hedonism nudism, libido, stomach psyche -- Design as perversion : fetishism, bondage voyeurism, erotica scatology, pedophilia -- Designing a ghost : scale figure, protohumans clothing, lurking shadows -- The unstable body : microbiome, prosthetics plastic surgery, drugs biodesign, chimera -- Homo cellular : intimacy, connectivity shelter, computation selfie, surveillance -- Design in 2 seconds : social media, avatar hybrid space, the bed postlabor, self-design.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Lesley-Moriarty Library Stacks
NK1505 .C65 2016 – Available
MassArt Main
NK1505 .C65 2016 – Available
Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
745.4 .C656 2016 – Available