Critical Design in Context History, Theory, and Practices

1. Introduction
1.1 Introducing critical design
1.2 Disciplinary perceptions of critical design
1.3 Extending the agency of industrial design through critical design

2. First chapter: A history of critical design
2.1 Mapping a trajectory of critical practice: Anti, Radical and Critical design
2.2 Synergies between precedents and contemporary examples of critical design
3.2 Recent developments in critical design

3. Second chapter: Forms of inquiry: critical design, methods and theoretical perspectives
3.1 Design as a medium for inquiry
3.2 Methodological approaches in critical design
3.3 Theoretical perspectives in critical design

4. Third chapter: Criticism and function in critical design
4.1 Critical design and its relationship to conceptual art
4.2 Critique of critical design
4.3 The concept of function in critical design

5. Fourth chapter: Associative, Speculative and Critical Design
5.1 Associative Design
5.2 Speculative design
5.3 Critical design

6. Fifth chapter: Critical design and its disciplinary contribution
6.1 Challenging disciplinary orthodoxy
6.2 An extended role for industrial design: discipline, science and society
6.3 Summary and conclusion

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