4e de couv.: What makes a product iconic? How did IKEA really conquer the home-furnishings market from Sweden to China? Why do design innovators spend more time observing consumers than making new things? Design Anthropology charts the radical turn to 'the user' that has transfo…
Games and gaming: an introduction to new media
This illuminating look at the social roots of silence and denial underscores the social dynamics that keep certain things 'hidden in plain sight'. The author shows how such conspiracies of silence evolve, how people's involvement relate to others and how power differences betwee…
Shows how the scientific knowledge about the role of microorganismsin disease made its way into American popular culture.
"In Francois Valle and His World, Carl Ekberg provides a fascinating biography of Francois Valle (1716-1783), placing him within the context of his place and time. Valle, who was born in Beauport, Canada, immigrated to Upper Louisiana (the Illinois Country) as a penniless common…
