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Book Launch Party: Product Design, Technology, and Social Change

Published: February 7, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: February 12, 2025
Where: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Address: 126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012, United States

Phone: +1 212-334-3324

Web: https://housingworks.org/locations/bookstore-cafe

Books and beverages will be available for purchase.

This cultural history critically examines the development of product design, considering major milestones in the mass production of goods and services and aiming to incorporate a more inclusive worldview than traditional surveys of the topic. The book is an an eye-opening survey of product design from preindustrial times to the present day, Product Design, Technology, and Social Change provides a thorough examination of the relationship between products, consumption, sustainability, politics, and social movements.

The book is written by designer, researcher, and author, Laura Scherling, Ed.D. Her website is laurascherling.info and her Instagram is laura.skierling.

Time: 5:30-7:00 pm EST

Free!

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