I always appreciate Ellen Lupton's clear discussion and analysis:
Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things
by Ellen Lupton, Julia Lupton (2009).
For thesis, I hope to create conceptual designs that augment common,
> every-day mass-produced objects with short-range RFID, so that they may hold
> the same meaning and stories they always have, but online, and, to discover
> new uses to meet existing needs. I wish to fortify my efforts with a better
> understanding of:
>
> • the social and cultural meaning of every-day objects
> • the role that objects play in our every-day lives
> • other considerations that I am unaware of but you are compelled to share
>
> Can you recommend specific books, articles and other resources to advance
> my understanding?
>
> Many, many thanks in advance,
>
> —M
>
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> Michael Yap
> MFA Candidate
> Interaction Design
> School of Visual Arts (SVA)
>
> tel (415) 317-3428
> web mfa.exoatmospheric.com
> twitter michaelryap
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>
> Anna Carlson
Teaching Specialist, Apparel Design
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