Design: directions towards the future

Marco Bevolo

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Golden Crossroads, 2010, pp 139-158 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Throughout the 2000s, “design for collectors,” or DesignArt, described in this chapter’s case study, traveled like a comet in the sky of contemporary art markets. Here, limited edition artifacts were traded for the wealthy as fine arts artifacts in terms of distribution and price. Beyond commercial success, this is just one of the facets of contemporary design. Even more important, in times of economic constraints, is the notion of urban design, where public art offers the opportunity to rethink infrastructure into designed city landscapes. In fact the worlds of fine arts and design seem closer than ever today in the necessary drive to redefine the cultural climate by turning their talents to social themes. After all, a number of important past design movements and ideologists have worked to build up the profile of this discipline as part of a larger aesthetic universe where fine arts methodologies and humbler objects converge in the beautification of the everyday.

Keywords: Economic Downturn; Business Leader; Credit Crunch; Luxury Brand; Italian Lira (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250697_9

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