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Electric Design: Light, Labor and Leisure in Prewar Japanese Advertising by Gennifer Weisenfeld (Inaugural Koichi Takashima Lecture)

Name: Electric Design: Light, Labor and Leisure in Prewar Japanese Advertising by Gennifer Weisenfeld (Inaugural Koichi Takashima Lecture)
Start: 2021-02-24T16:00:00-08:00
End: 2021-02-24T17:30:00-08:00

February 24, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Flyer for "Electric Design: Light, Labor, and Leisure in Prewar Japanese Advertising" featuring Gennifer Weisenfeld from Duke University on 2/24 at 4-5:30Pm

Please join us for our Inaugural Koichi Takashima Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 4:00 PM PST! Featuring the electrifying Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke University) on “Electric Design: Light, Labor and Leisure in Prewar Japanese Advertising.”

This talk explores the industry’s important cultivation of a nascent consumer market for electrical goods in the prewar period, & the role of graphic design & advertising in aestheticizing, visualizing, & commodifying the seemingly transformative social powers of electric energy.

Zoom link: https://bit.ly/TakashimaLecture

Details

Date:: February 24, 2021
Time:: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Event Categories:: Community Event, Lecture, Visiting Speaker
Event Tags:: online lecture, Takashima Lecture
Website:: https://bit.ly/TakashimaLecture