Made in Patriarchy: Toward a Feminist Analysis of Women and Design

Gender, Technology, and the Designer’s Work: A Feminist Review

“…Studies within this strand, which are more engaged with the field of design history, have stressed that although women have had a great influence on the design practice of the twentieth century, mainstream history has failed to recognize their contributions (Anscombe 1984;Buckley 1986). In order to redress this gap, research was dedicated to document women's design work.…”

“…In line with the existing dichotomies that we encounter in social life such as public/private, hard/soft, function/form, and industrial/domestic, gender divisions shape design practice, defining certain fields as "suitable" for men, and others for women (Attfield 1989). Women who pursue a career in design professions have usually appeared in domestic and decorative fields such as interior design, textiles, and jewelry design, which are seen as extensions of the traditional role of women in the private sphere (Anscombe 1984;Buckley 1989Buckley , 1986Sparke 1995). Technological and industrial fields of design, particularly product design and automotive design, on the other hand, remain male dominated like other professions with close relation to technology, e.g.…”

“…how men's technologies shaped women consumers' lives, identities, and relations with the material world. Buckley's (1986) seminal article is an important early work that highlights designers' role in reinforcing women's association with domestic service through the design and the advertisement of home appliances. In the same vein, drawing on sociological research on housework (e.g.…”

Design de Superfície e Trabalho de Mulheres: Levantamento de Literatura

“…Apresentaremos alguns textos encontrados em revisão bibliográfica sistemática com o objetivo de problematizar a relação do design com as questões de gênero. Buckley (1986) afirma que a presença das mulheres na história do design se dá de diversas maneiras, sejam como profissionais, teóricas, consumidoras, historiadoras ou objetos de representação. A autora analisa a presença do patriarcado nas estruturas sociais e afirma que essa construção social agiu de forma consciente na exclusão das mulheres da história da sociedade e da história do design.…”

“…Como exemplo cita alguns livros publicados entre 1975 e 1980: o "Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius" de Nikolaus Pevsner, o "Theory and Design in the First Machine Age" de Reyner Banham, o "Industrial Design" de John Heskett, os quais afirma serem livros básicos sobre a história do design, nos quais poucas mulheres são citadas. Buckley (1986) apresenta em seu contexto britânico, o tema que emergiu na história do design da época: o papel das mulheres e do design.…”