| Description |
ix, 182 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Photographic Acknowledgements vi -- Preface vii -- Introduction i -- I Consumer-led Design 7 -- 2 Green Design 47 -- 3 Responsible Design and Ethical Consuming 94 -- 4 Feminist Perspectives 134 -- 5 The Way Forward? 158 -- References 171 -- Select Bibliography 177 |
| Summary |
"Design was the boom industry of the last decade, and it has helped to create the superficially more 'caring' image that currently exists in our society. Yet the newsworthiness of design conceals a disturbing ignorance of the profession's values and ambitions - even among designers themselves. Design generates much heat but little light: we live in a world that has much design consciousness but appallingly little design awareness. Nigel Whiteley analyses design's role within the consumer society, and discusses what our obsession with it tells us about the present state of our own culture." "Design for Society is not an anti-design book; rather, it is an anti-consumerist-design book, in that it exposes what most people would agree are the socially and ecologically unsound values on which the system of consumerist design is constructed. The author reviews the implications for design of the Green movement, the growing impact of feminism, and the ideas of 'socially responsible' designers. In so doing, he prepares the ground for a more self-aware and just development of design."--Book jacket |
| Analysis |
Design |
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Design |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-180) and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Text in Hungarian |
| Subject |
Commercial art -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Design -- History -- 20th century.
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Design -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Design -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Industrial design -- Environmental aspects.
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Design.
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Industrial design -- History -- 20th century.
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Industrial design -- Social aspects.
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Marketing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| LC no. |
94139870 |
| ISBN |
0948462477 |
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0948462655 |
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