{"product_id":"9781350446069","title":"Designturgy The Design and Performance of Costuming from Makeup Technologies to Digital Fashion","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDesignturgy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Design and Performance of Costuming from Makeup Technologies to Digital Fashion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSissi Liu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if your garments and cosmetics were not merely a static “look,” but a living script for how you inhabit-and command-the world?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the vanguard intersection of fashion, performance, science, and material culture, \u003ci\u003eDesignturgy \u003c\/i\u003einaugurates this groundbreaking new discipline-one that combines design and dramaturgy to expose design's inherently action-driven nature, interrogating its manifestations not as static forms, but as active agents of performance and playmaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo do this, the text draws on core dramaturgical methodologies-from script analysis, historical reenactment, the dynamics of time and motion, to new play development-to reveal how design functions on the stage, the runway, and in everyday life. Alongside these performance practices, the text inventively maps Nature's elemental cycle of play (the ancient \u003ci\u003eWu Xing\u003c\/i\u003e framework) onto the cutting edge of global style. Moving beyond ephemeral fashion trends, it equips readers with interdisciplinary tools to “take the pulse” of the elemental, historical, socio-cultural, and technological currents animating the global body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this transformative prism, a star-studded cast of cultural icons comes alive: from the “unmasked Hard face” of supermodel Liu Wen, and the “tempo-kinetic landscapes” of Iris van Herpen, to the “lush ecosystems” of Machine Dazzle and Taylor Mac, the “savage fire” of Rihanna, and the “quantum play” of Kitty Yeung. Together, they embody the perpetually evolving play of design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eDesignturgy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vital new playbook for decoding design's key role in global performance culture, inviting readers to navigate the endless interplay between hard and soft, fast and slow, high and low ... in all their infinities. This is an open invitation to unearth the unseen forces shaping contemporary style. Stop just looking at design-start playing through it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stage is set. The pulse is yours to take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDr. Sissi Wuyong Liu\u003c\/b\u003e is a design scholar, designer, and dramaturg whose work “takes the pulse” of the intersection between material culture, performance, and science. Trained at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and holding a PhD from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, she has taught at CUNY and Brown University. Her scholarship appears in leading journals internationally. Her paintings, collected across several continents, reflect a career-long devotion to the “play” of performative narrative.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 October 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350446069\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344424067212,"sku":"9781350446069","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350446069","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}