Design & Consumption Flashcards
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mass culture
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the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
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Planned obsoleschence
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A policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of nondurable materials
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Harley Earl
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first Vice President of Design at General Motors. He was an industrial designer and a pioneer of modern transportation design.
4
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Virgil Exner • Plymouth Coupé Chrysler Corp. (1957)
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Raymond Loewy • Advertisement for Studebaker [Life] (1954)
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Levittown Feature [Life] (1948)
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Advertisement for Betty Crocker products • Better Homes and Gardens (1954)
