Katharina Tietze
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Carl Franz Bally founded a shoe factory in Switzerland in 1851. Within decades, the Bally name had achieved worldwide recognition for its high-quality footwear. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution. This book brings together the results of research on such topics as the economic importance of fashion, Bally's fortunes in the US, the career of shoe design, the sourcing and use of materials, and...
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Multiple answers to the question of what design can be and achieve today. Not at Your Service: Manifestos for Design brings together the broad spectrum of beliefs, subjects and practices of designers at Zurich University of the Arts. It offers different approaches and insights on the present-day role and impact of design. It is not conceived as a finished project, but as a fluid document of its time. Collaborative design, interaction within complex...
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Mode ist gestaltete Identität und markiert seit jeher Geschlechterdifferenzen. In den Beiträgen aus Wissenschaft und Gestaltung wird erkundet, wie Genderdebatten von der Mode profitieren und wie Modegeschichte durch einen kritischen Genderblick an Profil gewinnt. Dazu fokussieren sie auf die historisch-kritische Analyse vestimentärer Objekte, in denen sich seit dem 19. Jahrhundert emanzipatorische Bemühungen materialisieren. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt...