| Edition |
Australian edition |
| Descript. |
ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Notes |
First published by Berg Publishers (UK), 2009. |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliography: page 266-269. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- I. Rethinking the context and practice of design -- 1. Understanding the nature of practice -- 2. Understanding the directional nature of design -- 3. Imperative and redirection -- 4. Design as a redirective practice -- 5. Reviewing two key redirective practices -- 6. Futuring, redirective practice, development and culture -- II. Strategic design thinking -- 7. Unpacking futuring - the self, community, culture and ethics -- 8. Methods of change 1 - platforming, return briefs and new teams -- 9. Methods of change 2 - designing in time -- 10. Futuring and learning the new from the past -- 11. Designer as redirective practitioner - new roles beyond design -- III. Design, sustainment and futures -- 12. Futuring against sustaining the unsustainable -- 13. Sustainment and a new epoch of humanity -- 14. Picturing economic and cultural futures -- 15. Sustainment by design - 'dig where you stand' -- 16. Challenges of sustainment and futuring - a review of change agents -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Argues that ethical, political, social and ecological concerns now require a new type of practice which recognises designs importance in overcoming a world made unsustainable. |
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"Sustainable Design is now a buzzword both among professionals and scholars. The pressing challenge of balancing ethical, political, social and ecological concerns requires a new type of business practice which recognises designs importance in overcoming a world made unsustainable. However, though climate change and resource depletion have influenced the theorising of Design, no coherent blueprint exists for Design as an ethical and commercial practice. Design Futuring aims to systematically map out this new terrain. Illustrated throughout with international case material, Design Futuring presents the authors groundbreaking ideas in a coherent framework, focusing specifically on the ways in which concerns for ethics and sustainability can change the practice of Design for the 21st Century. The implications of Design Futuring - the first foundational text in sustainable design extend far beyond Design courses and professional practice and will be invaluable also to students and practitioners of Architecture, the creative Arts, as well as Business and Management. --Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Design -- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable design.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental policy -- Economic aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781921410840 (pbk.) : $39.95 |
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