Overview

Sustainability has become a pressing and permanent issue for designers within the last three decades and its momentum and urgency as a key consideration for modern designers makes it one of the most important and critically discussed subfields within design. The Sustainable Design Reader responds to this, reflecting and furthering the debate. The Sustainable Design Reader provides a unique and much-needed overview and examination of the discipline, enabling readers to investigate, understand and critique the role of sustainable design and its importance within contemporary-design industry and culture. Essays range from examining ecological concerns such as recycling and need to develop product longevity, to critical investigations into the management and development of sustainable modern cities. From the historical background of sustainable design and how it came to be an essential design consideration, to how the practice of it will ultimately shape our future, this book provides an original and indispensable mapping-out of the discipline.

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Author:   Cameron Tonkinwise ,  Abby Lopes ,  Cameron Tonkinwise ,  Abby Lopes
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780857850676

ISBN 10:   0857850679
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   23 March 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

GENERAL INTRODUCTION PART 1: THE HISTORY OF DESIGN IDEAS ABOUT ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY SECTION 1: WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGY?: THE PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE AND POLITICS INFORMING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Sectional Introduction 1.1. The Art and Nature of Ecology 1.2. Perceiving Ecological Impacts 1.3. Designs as Ecological Systems 1.4 Defining Ecologically Sustainable Design Case Study Guide to Further Reading SECTION 2: HOW DID THINGS GET SO UNSUSTAINABLE?: THE HISTORY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE BY DESIGN Sectional Introduction 2.1. Economies of Materials 2.2. The Disappearance of Commodities 2.3. Privatization of Consumption Case Study Guide to Further Reading SECTION 3. HOW HAVE DESIGNERS RESPONDED?: THE HISTORY OF RESPONSIBLE DESIGN Sectional Introduction 3.1. Protecting and Copying Nature 3.2. Managing Cities 3.3. Meaningful Production 3.4. Sustainable Design Manifestos Case Study Guide to Further Reading PART 2: CURRENT AND EMERGENT TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURES SECTION 4: HOW TO MEASURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF DESIGNS?: FRAMEWORKS FOR QUANTIFYING IMPACTS Sectional Introduction 4.1 Weighing the Relative Impacts of Toxicity, Energy and Materials Intensity 4.2 Valuing Well-Being Case Study Guide to Further Reading SECTION 5. HOW CAN WE DESIGN LESS HARM?: THE TECHNIQUES OF DESIGNING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Sectional Introduction 5.1 Ecoefficiency and Ecolabelling 5.2 Recycling and Product Life Extension Case Study Guide to Further Reading SECTION 6. HOW CAN DESIGN CHANGE CONSUMERISM?: DESIGNING MORE SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF LIVING Sectional Introduction 6.1 Fostering Sustainable Behavior 6.2 Servicing Slow Local Lives 6.3 Transitioning Social Innovations Case Study Guide to Further Reading SECTION 7. SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS' FUTURES Guide to Further Reading Bibliography Glossary Index

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Cameron Tonkinwise is Director of Design Studies at Carnegie Mellon School of Design, USA. Abby Lopes is a Senior Lecturer in Design at The University of Western Sydney, Australia.

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