Heckman Davin:
A Small World: Smart Houses and the Dream of the Perfect Day
Duke University Press, 2008
Hardback, 214 pagesSize: 219x158 mm
ISBN-13: 9780822341345
ISBN-10: 0822341344
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A Small World: Smart Houses and the Dream of the Perfect Day
"This engaging, fast-paced book synthesizes a broad range of critical viewpoints--phenomenology, poststructuralism, media studies, and American studies--in order to illuminate the long trajectory of the 'smart house, ' from the factory-based models of the industrial era to the wired dream-boxes of today. Providing a clear, concise path through a vast body of literature, Davin Heckman's book will be useful for designers, architects, historians, and new media critics seeking to understand where technology is taking us."--Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

