Book Launch Party: Product Design, Technology, and Social Change

Name: Book Launch Party: Product Design, Technology, and Social Change
Start: 2025-02-12T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-12T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Housing Works Bookstore

Schedule

Wed Feb 12 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Housing Works Bookstore | New York, NY

Join us for the launch of the book Product Design, Technology, and Social Change at Housing Works Bookstore.
About this Event

Join us for the launch of the book Product Design, Technology, and Social Change at Housing Works Bookstore!

Books and beverages will be available for purchase.

This cultural history critically examines the development of product design, considering major milestones in the mass production of goods and services and aiming to incorporate a more inclusive worldview than traditional surveys of the topic. The book is an an eye-opening survey of product design from preindustrial times to the present day, Product Design, Technology, and Social Change provides a thorough examination of the relationship between products, consumption, sustainability, politics, and social movements.

The book is written by designer, researcher, and author, Laura Scherling, Ed.D. Her website is laurascherling.info and her Instagram is laura.skierling.