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"Drawing upon a wealth of original research and anecdotal material, Guffey unearths the roots of the term retro and chronicles its manifestations in culture and art throughout the last century. From the comeback of Art nouveau nearly fifty years after its original decline to the infusion of Art Deco into the kitsch glamour of Pop art, the idea of retro has often meant a re-emergence of styles and fashions that evoke familiar touchstones of memory from the not-so-distant past, such as the drug-induced surrealism of psychedelic art and the political expressions of 1970s afros. Reinforcing such tends in art, design, fashion and music, advertisers and the media have seized upon the power of cultural nostalgia to promote a surprising range of products."--Jacket.

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Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal - physical access for the disabled - through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on design history, material culture and recent critical disability studies to examine not only the development of a design icon, but also the cultural history surrounding it. Infirmity and illness may be seen as part of human experience, but 'disability' is a social construct, a way of thinking about and responding to a natural human condition. Elizabeth Guffey's highly original and wide-ranging study considers the period both before and after the introduction of the ISA, tracing the design history of the wheelchair, a product which revolutionised the mobility needs of many disabled people from the 1930s onwards. She also examines the rise of 'barrier-free architecture' in the reception of the ISA, and explores how the symbol became widely adopted and even a mark of identity for some, especially within the Disability Rights Movement. Yet despite the social progress which is inextricably linked to the ISA, a growing debate has unfurled around the symbol and its meanings. The most vigorous critiques today have involved guerrilla art, graffiti and studio practice, reflecting new challenges to the relationship between design and disability in the twenty-first century.

Barrier-free design --- International Symbol of Access --- Signs and symbols --- 72.012 --- Representation, Symbolic --- Semeiotics --- Signs --- Symbolic representation --- Symbols --- Abbreviations --- Omens --- Semiotics --- Sign language --- Symbolism --- Visual communication --- Access symbol --- Handicap symbol --- International Symbol of Accessibility --- ISA (International Symbol of Access) --- Wheelchair symbol --- Safety signs --- Access to buildings for people with disabilities --- Accessibility for people with disabilities --- Architecture and the handicapped --- Architecture and the physically handicapped --- People with disabilities and architecture --- Architecture --- Design --- 72.012 Architectuur. Bouwkunst--?.012 --- Architectuur. Bouwkunst--?.012 --- History --- Social aspects&delete& --- Social policy and particular groups --- symbols --- handicapped --- Accessibilité aux handicapés --- Signaux et signalisation --- Arts graphiques --- Histoire --- Histoire. --- Social aspects --- Accessibilité aux handicapés --- International Symbol of Access. --- History.

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Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal - physical access for the disabled - through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on design history, material culture and recent critical disability studies to examine not only the development of a design icon, but also the cultural history surrounding it. Infirmity and illness may be seen as part of human experience, but 'disability' is a social construct, a way of thinking about and responding to a natural human condition. Elizabeth Guffey's highly original and wide-ranging study considers the period both before and after the introduction of the ISA, tracing the design history of the wheelchair, a product which revolutionised the mobility needs of many disabled people from the 1930s onwards. She also examines the rise of 'barrier-free architecture' in the reception of the ISA, and explores how the symbol became widely adopted and even a mark of identity for some, especially within the Disability Rights Movement. Yet despite the social progress which is inextricably linked to the ISA, a growing debate has unfurled around the symbol and its meanings. The most vigorous critiques today have involved guerrilla art, graffiti and studio practice, reflecting new challenges to the relationship between design and disability in the twenty-first century.

Barrier-free design --- International Symbol of Access. --- Signs and symbols --- History. --- Social aspects --- History.