| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Rethinking material culture: the cage of aesthetic convention -- 3. Sustainable development in context: the evolution of a contemporary myth -- 4. Design process and sustainable development a journey in design -- 5. Enduring artefacts and sustainable solutions: object lessons -- 6. Reassessing 'good' design: objects as symbols of beauty -- 7. Design, sustainability and the human spirit: how the other half lives -- 8. Fashion and sustainability: the attraction of opposites -- 9. The application of theory: experiments in sustainable product design -- 10. Tacit knowledge in design: visual myths -- 11. Reframing design for sustainability unmasking the object -- 12. Time and design: crushed before the moth-- 13. Creating objects in a saturated culture: after the endgame -- 14. Ephemeral objects for sustainability: light touch -- 15. Intellectual and aesthetic understandings of design the considered gaze -- 16. Epilogue |
| Summary |
Definitely to be on the booklist of any product design course? Professor Jack Ingram Birmingham Institute of Art and Design?A fascinating book that takes the reader on a journey that is both diverse and full of surprise? Jonathan Chapman Senior Lecturer University of Brighton?A sensitive thought-provoking book that explores fresh possibilities.? Alastair Fuad-Luke sustainable design facilitator lecturer writer and maker?Sustainable by Design is a key addition to the ... bookshelf? Martin Charter Director The Centre for Sustainable Design UCCA To advance the subject of design one has to eng |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Design 2016 gnd |
| Subject |
Green products.
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New products.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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Green products
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New products
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Design
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Éco-produits.
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Produits nouveaux.
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Design -- miljöaspekter.
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Produktutveckling -- miljöaspekter.
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Hållbar utveckling.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849772747 |
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1849772746 |
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184407353X |
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1844073548 |
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9781844073535 |
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9781844073542 |
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6000001517 |
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9786000001513 |
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1281781568 |
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9781281781567 |
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1429412194 |
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9781429412193 |
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9781136555886 |
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1136555889 |
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9781136555831 |
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1136555838 |
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9781136555879 |
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1136555870 |
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