THE SOCIAL METAPHOR OF THE HUMAN BODY: Designing Hyperreality? Emancipation of Design in the Perspective of Selected Theories of Sociology and Philosophy of Culture

• Authors: Możdżyński, Paweł

Abstracts

EN

This article explores the process of creating the social sphere in design. The author startsfrom transgression in the discourse of design, and examines the papers of contemporarydesigners, eg. Victor Papanek, Richard Neutra, Tom Holert. Next, the main points of designare shown: products, objects, signs and pursuit of experiences, and reconstructionof identity. Finally, the categories of “mythology”, “fetishes”, “simulacra” are applied to theinterpretation of the meaning of design. The last point of this article aims to define designand the function of the designer in the virtual age.

Keywords

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dizajn; hieprrzeczywistość; symulakry; pogoń za doświadczeniami; socjologia kultury; socjologia dizajnu

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 16(1)
• Pages: 96-105

Contributors

author

Możdżyński, Paweł

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/20842937.1150844