AUTHOR
Linda Rampell, PhD, is a design theorist, lecturer and the author of several books.
Linda Rampell has written many notable books, articles and essays. Her book Designatlas: En resa genom designteori 1845–2002 (Atlas of Design: A Journey Through Design Theory) is considered a pioneering work on the subject and was widely debated in Scandinavia when first published in 2003. For the jubilee edition, published in 2013, Rampell expanded the scope to include the years 2003–2013.
Her research project on consumer cultures and design in new media, Homo Capitalistes, commenced in 2005, has resulted in the books Designdarwinismen™: Homo Kapitalismus del I (Designdarwinism™: Homo Capitalistes Part I) (2007), a critique of contemporary consumer and brand cultures, and Freud med skalpell. Modekropp prêt-à-suppôter: Homo Kapitalismus del II (Freud with Scalpel. The Fashion Body Prêt à Suppôter: Homo Capitalistes Part II) (2008), a comprehensive investigation into body, identity, gender and fashion cultures. Other books include the novel ZOO: En designroman (ZOO: A Design Novel)(2000) and Vera von Toth: En skönhetskirurgs monolog (Vera von Toth: A Beauty Surgeon’s Monologue) publushed in 2019.
Together with the philosopher and art critic Lars O Ericsson she wrote CODE Manifest (Code Manifesto) (2003) and established CODE: An Organization for Contemporary Design.
Linda Rampell holds a PhD in art history and visual studies from Lund University. Her thesis, En kritisk undersökning av det modernistiska projektet för design i Sverige (A Critical Investigation of the Modernist Project for Design in Sweden) (2002), reconstructs the modernist discourse of design in Sweden with the aim of deconstructing it.
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