000			01934 a2200205 4500
020			_a9780815360612
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a720.103 _bM381
245			_aMass customization and design democratization _cedited by Branko Kolarevic and José Pinto Duarte
260			_bRoutledge _c2019 _aOxon
300			_aviii, 280p
520			_aParametric design and digital fabrication are enabling non-designers to mass produce non-standard, highly differentiated products – from shoes and tableware to furniture and even houses. The result of these newly available mass customization tools has been a ‘democratization’ of design. Mass Customization and Design Democratization is the first book to address this recent phenomenon. Demonstrating how the considerable potential of these tools can be realized in practice, it introduces essential technologies and design approaches and provides numerous examples of the latest, cutting edge work from leading design firms, manufacturers and thinkers. The book examines what mass customization means for architecture and the building industry and investigates its impact on the sector’s most commoditized enterprise – suburban housing. Asking whether design democratization is viable in the current context and exploring what kind of mass customization is possible, useful, and desirable, it poses fundamental questions about the authorship of design and the functional and aesthetic quality of products designed by non-designers. A highly designed book featuring over 200 color illustrations, this is essential reading for professionals as well as students taking courses in digital architecture, parametric design, and mass customization.
650			_aArchitecture and society
650			_aMass customization
650			_aArchitectural design
700			_aKolarevic, Branko [ed.]
700			_aDuarte, José Pinto [ed.]
942			_cBK
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