Introduction: Interrogating Iconic Design

Grace Lees-Maffei

Introduction: Interrogating Iconic Design

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Abstract

This introduction begins with the roots of iconicity and examines identifying characteristics shared by religious icons and design icons alike as functions of reception, representativeness, recognition and reverence. It then goes on to examine the words icon and iconic and the processes of iconization by which iconicity is conferred. The final part introduces the book, its approaches and its structure of thematic parts and chapters which are representative of wider issues in design discourse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Iconic Designs
Subtitle of host publication	50 Stories about 50 Things
Editors	Grace Lees-Maffei
Place of Publication	London and New York
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages	6-23
ISBN (Print)	978-0857853523
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2014

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Design History
Design
icons

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