Mobilising Design (Routledge Studies in Human Geography) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138676373 ISBN 13: 9781138676374

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book brings together research working at the boundary between design knowledges and mobilities, offering a novel collection for both theorists and practitioners. Drawing upon detailed case studies, it demonstrates the diverse roles of design in shaping mobility at different spaces and scales: across cities; within different types of buildings and infrastructures; and through commuting, work and leisure activities.

A range of international scholars illustrate the designed mobilities of car parks, traffic lights, street benches, pedestrian wayfinding systems and accessible design in the urban environment; they examine spaces within hospitals, airports and train stations and investigate design practices for bicycles, future urban vehicles and MotoGP motorcycle racing. Other contributions explore overlooked mobile artefacts such as television and video game remote controls, 3D printing and the types of packaging which enable objects themselves to move around. This book demonstrates how the tools, assumptions and processes of design shape spaces of mobility, and also illuminates how shifts in the fluidity and circulation of people, practices and materials in turn reconfigure practices of design.

Mobilising Design develops multi-disciplinary understandings of design, drawing upon diverse literatures including design history, product design, architecture and cultural geography. By highlighting often invisible artefacts and associated knowledges and controversies, the book foregrounds the taken-for-granted ways in which everyday mobility is designed. It will be of interest to scholars in geography, sociology, economic history, architecture, design and urban theory.

About this title

About the Author

Justin Spinney is Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University.

Suzanne Reimer is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Southampton.

Philip Pinch is Senior Lecturer in the Division of Urban, Environment and Leisure Studies, London South Bank University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138676373
• ISBN 13: 9781138676374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Spinney Justin, Reimer Suzanne, Pinch Philip