| Description |
xxvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Overview -- 1. The significance of product longevity / Tim Cooper -- Pt. 2. Design for Longevity -- 2. Re-evaluating obsolescence and planning for it / Brian Burns -- 3. Subject/object relationships and emotionally durable design / Jonathan Chapman -- 4. Defying obsolescence / Miles Park -- 5. Understanding replacement behaviour and exploring design solutions / Nicole van Nes -- 6. Adjusting our metabolism: slowness and nourishing rituals of delay in anticipation of a post-consumer age / Alistair Fuad-Luke -- 7. Durability, function and performance / Walter Stahel -- Pt. 3. Public Policy and Product Life-Spans -- 8. Durability and the law / Cowan Ervine -- 9. The law on guarantees and repair work / Christian Twigg-Flesner -- 10. Policies on longevity / Tim Cooper -- Pt. 4. Marketing Longer Lasting Products -- 11. Rethinking marketing / Ken Peattie -- 12. Marketing durability / Tim Cooper and Kirsty Christer -- 13. Can durability provide a strong marketing platform? / Dorothy Mackenzie, Tim Cooper and Kenisha Garnett - Pt. 5. Product Use and Reuse -- 14. Consumer influences on product life-spans / Siân Evans and Tim Cooper -- 15. Product life cycle management through IT / Matthew Simon -- 16. There are times and places: systems and practices in the domestic processing and reuse of packaging / Janet Shipton and Tom Fisher -- 17. Extending product life-spans: household furniture and appliance reuse in the UK / Anthony Curran |
| Summary |
In this book the authors explore how longer lasting products could offer enhanced value to the owners while reducing environmental impacts |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Product life cycle.
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Product obsolescence.
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Consumer behavior -- Environmental aspects.
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| Author |
Cooper, Tim, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2010010155 |
| ISBN |
9780566088087 hardback alkaline paper |
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