Presentation by Joanette van der Veer During the mini symposium Shaping Sex, Designing Sexuality that took place on the 20th of oktober in MU artspace, during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.
5. Hayward, Stephen, ‘Writing Contemporary
Design into History’ in: Lees-Maffei, Grace,
Writing Design: Words and Objects, London/
New York (Berg) 2012, pp. 63-74.
A post-optimal version of design history is ‘less likely to focus on
the evolution of the ‘tool-like’ capacity of everyday objects […]
than what might be called the ‘emotional efficacy’ of things: their
ability to amuse, to disturb, to trigger memories, to solicit playful
interactions.’
p.70.
