Design in the age of prosumption: The craft of design after the object

Design and Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-67

  Knott, Stephen ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Consumer studies; Do it yourself; Labor; Production; Prosumer; Self sufficiency; Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885058020     PISSN: 17547075     EISSN: 17547083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175470813X13491105785587     Document Type: Article

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