A console used to be a table, about the treads of past in an aesthetic apartment Cover Image

Konsola była kiedyś stołem, czyli o wątkach przeszłości w mieszkaniu estetycznym
A console used to be a table, about the treads of past in an aesthetic apartment

Author(s): Kamilla Biskupska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: consumptionism; consumerist society; collective memory; design; discourse analysis

Summary/Abstract: The main topic of the paper is housing, understood as social and cultural creation. We can observe the most important social processes of an individual there: individualization, consumption and identity creation. The article mainly discusses the threads of past and memory in the private space. Research was based on the analysis of two lifestyle magazines dedicated to interiors arrangements. The analysis mainly focuses on the problem which the author describes as “aesthetic apartment” − middle class’ representatives private space created with reflexivity, awareness and attentiveness.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 7-22
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish