The digital bespoke? promises and pitfalls of mass customization / Ginger Coons.

Author/creator Coons, Ginger
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Description1 online resource
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SeriesRoutledge research in design, technology and society
Abstract "The Digital Bespoke? is about mass customization, 3D printing, human bodies and the step towards digitally-built objects made to individual specifications. The author argues that the modes of customization offered by digital fabrication and mass production have more in common with their industrial predecessors than with craft-based customization. Using case studies of historical and current practices from Europe, Africa, and North America to ground her theory, she interrogates where digital fabrication technologies have developed from and how their uses differ from existing modes of production. Digital fabrication and mass customization are concepts encompassing broad ecosystems of technologies and practices. Both are increasingly implemented and hyped. As such, it is imperative to address not just their potential, but their challenges. Written for a scholarly audience and design practitioners concerned with the social and political impacts of digital fabrication and mass customization, this book will be a useful reference point for students and researchers in digital and analogue design, technology and material culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Coons, Ginger. Digital bespoke? Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367221294
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LCCN 2021024194
ISBN9781000475449 (epub)
ISBN9780429273407 (ebk)
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