本文介绍、分析了瑞士著名建筑和设计理论家、历史学家齐格弗里德·吉迪恩的代表作《机械化命令:献给无名历史》,在回顾作者学习研究生涯和写作背景的基础上,分析了该书的基本结构、主要内容与创新之处,总结了其在西方设计史学科发展和美国物质文化研究等领域的作用与影响。 This article introduces the analysis of the famous Swiss architect and design theorist and historian Siegfried Gideon’s masterpiece “Mechanization Command: Dedicated to Anonymous History”. On the basis of reviewing the author’s background of studying and researching and writing, It analyzes the basic structure, main contents and innovations of this book, and summarizes its function and influence in the field of western design history and the development of material culture in the United States.