Designing Worlds

Kjetil Fallan is Professor of Design History at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Designing Modern Norway: A History of Design Discourse and Design History: Understanding Theory and Method, editor of Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories, and co-editor, with Grace Lees-Maffei, of Made in Italy: Rethinking a Century of Italian Design.

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: National Design Histories in an Age of GlobalizationGrace-Lees-Maffei and Kjetil FallanChapter 1. Designs on/in AfricaDipti BhagatChapter 2. Does Southern African Design History Exist?Deirdre PretoriusChapter 3. Designing The South African Nation: From Nature To CultureJacques Lange and Jeanne van EedenChapter 4. Resisting Global Homogeneity but Craving Global Markets: Kiwiana and Contemporary Design Practice in New ZealandClaudia BellChapter 5. Creativity within a Geographical-National Framework: From Modern Japanese Design to Pevsner’s Art GeographyAriyuki KondoChapter 6. Imagining the Indian Nation: The Design of Gandhi’s Dandi March and Nehru’s Republic Day ParadeSuchitra BalasubrahmanyanChapter 7. Troubled Geography: Imagining Lebanon in 1960s Tourist PromotionZeina MaasriChapter 8. Czech Glass or Bohemian Crystal? The Nationality of Design in the Czech ContextMarta FilipováChapter 9. The Myth of Danish Design and the Implicit Claims of LabelsStina Teilmann-LockChapter 10. Altering a Homogenized Heritage: Articulating Heterogeneous Material Cultures in Norway and SwedenKjetil Fallan and Christina ZetterlundChapter 11. A Special Relationship: The UK-US Transatlantic Domestic DialogueGrace Lees-MaffeiChapter 12. Surveying the Borders: Authenticity in Mexican-American Food Packaging, Imagery and ArchitectureNicolas P. MaffeiChapter 13. An Empire of One’s Own: Individualism and Domestic Built Form in 21st Century JamaicaDavinia GregoryChapter 14. The Quest for Modernity: A Global/National Approach to a History of Design in Latin AmericaPatricia Lara-BetancourtChapter 15. Of Coffee, Nature and Exclusion: Designing Brazilian National Identity at International Exhibitions 1867 & 1904Livia RezendeIndex

“This highly interesting volume provides varied methodological approaches and contributions to new national design histories that will undoubtedly enhance research in global design studies.” • National Identities“…the contributions are valuable beyond question and the cases studied original. This book will therefore be a referent for future studies on national design histories.” • Journal of Design History“This is a lively, spirited, and imaginative volume whose editors have assembled an impressive range of contributions. It is likely to be embraced not just within design history but also by scholars working in comparative history, art history, spatial theory, and material culture.” • Peter McNeil, University of Technology, Sydney