The design of everyday life / Elizabeth Shove ...[et al.]. - Oxford : Berg, 2007. - vi, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cultures of consumption series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-170) and index.

How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives? Drawing on the lives of consumers themselves, this book considers this question in detail, from the design of products through to their use in the home.

9781845206833 (pbk.) : 17.99 9781845206826 (hbk.) : 55.00


Material culture.
House furnishings industry and trade.
Household supplies.
Home economics.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Consumers--Psychology.
House and Home.

GN406 / .D47 2007

645 SHO