- 200 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
What is the relationship between design, sustainability, inner values and spirituality? How can we create designs that provide a convincing alternative to unsustainable interpretations of progress, growth, consumerism and commercialism? Building on the arguments first advanced in his widely acclaimed books Sustainable by Design and The Spirit of Design, Stuart Walker explains how we can achieve the systemic changes needed to address the challenges of sustainability.
Challenging common assumptions about the nature of our contemporary material culture and its relationship to human flourishing, the author introduces approaches to design that draw inspiration from nature, summon the human imagination and create outcomes which are environmentally responsible and socially just, as well as meaningful and enriching at a personal level.
Offering a unique and original contribution to this vital debate, Designing Sustainability is destined to become essential reading for students on courses in design and sustainability and for design practitioners looking for a deeper, more meaningful basis for their work.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Figures, Tables and Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Object of Nightingales: design values for a meaningful material culture
- 3. Design on a Darkling Plain: transcending utility through questions in form
- 4. Contemplative Objects: artefacts for challenging convention and stimulating change
- 5. Design and Spirituality: creating material culture for a wisdom economy
- 6. The Narrow Door to Sustainability: from practically useful to spiritually useful artefacts
- 7. A Form of Silence: design for doing no-thing
- 8. A New Game: function, design and post-materialist form
- 9. Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index