TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dormer,Peter
TI  - The culture of craft: status and future 
T2  - Studies in design and material culture
SN  - 0719046173
AV  - TT145 .C84 1997
U1  - 745.501 21
PY  - 1997///]
CY  - Manchester, UK, New York, NY
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Handicraft
N1  - Notes on contributors --; General editor's foreword --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1; The salon de refuse? --; 2; The history of craft --; 3; How strange the change from major to minor: hierarchies and medieval art --; 4; Craft and art, culture and biology --; 5; Craft within a consuming society --; 6; The progress of Captain Ludd --; 7; Patterns of making: thinking and making in industrial design --; 8; Craft and the Turing Test for practical thinking --; 9; CADCAM and the British ceramics tableware industry --; 10; Textiles and technology --; 11; Tornadoes, T-squares and technology: can computing be a craft? --; 12; Writing about the studio crafts --; 13; Writing about objects we don't understand --; 14; The language and practical philosophy of craft --; Index
N2  - "Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. The question of computer aided design in craft is also addressed."--Publisher description
ER  -