Design in a Postmodern Age Essay Assignment-

BRIEF-

Select an object of the present and write a 'case study' of its projected future in the context of its past history and current use and appearance.

You should explain:

-How have we ended up using it?

-Where did it come from? (Investigate the 'needs' that it was created to cover and/or that it has created. Eg. Economic, social, psychological)

-Why is it of importance for contemporary living?

You should explore:

-What are the ramifications of this object for the future of humanity?

-Will this object continue to exist in the future (and if so in what form(s)/ what pathway is it going on?

This essay should demonstrate your understanding of what you have learnt throughout this course both in relation to modernity and post modernity.

This essay should demonstrate your understanding of how this object has ontologically designed us - what attitudes, behaviours, values etc. has it created in us since its arrival?

Assignment Criteria-

1. Research Effort.

2. Demonstration of critical arguments and imagination.

3. Coherence and clarity of expression including correct referencing.

References-

1. A Symbol of Modernity: Attitudes Toward the Automobile in Southern Cities in the 1920s

Author(s): Blaine A. Brownell

Source: American Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Mar., 1972), pp. 20-44

Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2711913

2. The History of Car- IRE adds computer-assisted reporting arm as journalists find data by Jennifer Lafleur

3. The automobile and society: government/industry cooperation to achieve solutions by paul Anderson, James Mateyka, Mark Snowdon and John wormald, Booz Allen & Hamilton

4. Wheely Interesting Automobile History

Current Events; Oct 13, 2006; 106, 6;

5. The spatial evolution of the British automobile industry: Does location matter? By Ron A. Boschma and Rik Wenting

6. Sequential Dependencies in Driving by Anup Doshi, Cuong Tran, Matthew H. Wilder, Michael C. Mozer, Mohan M. Trivedia

7. EVOLUTIONS IN GLOBAL AUTOMOBILES INDUSTRY by Professor Viorel Pop

8. Good Germans, Humane Automobiles: Redeemiong Technological Modernity-In Those Days by paul Dobryden

9. HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY- by Ramya Nagaraj Spring 2016

10. Journal of Cleaner Production 15 (2007) 989-993. Introduction - The Automobile Industry & Sustainability. Available online at www.sciencedirect.com.

1750 words

8 harvard references.