For a minimum circular design
eBook - ePub

For a minimum circular design

  1. 350 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

For a minimum circular design

About this book

Three aspects of the design that are traditionally studied, have been taken: the concept of function associated with that of necessity, the concept of form associated also with the production and the concept of communication and semantics associated with the symbol and the aesthetics. These three concepts have been crossed with the three R's of ecology, that is to say: reduce, reuse and recycle.

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Table of contents

  1. Justification and intentions
  2. 1. Introduction
  3. 1.1. The person and the object
  4. 1.1.1. The property and responsibility
  5. 1.1.2. Beyond design
  6. 1.1.3. The product
  7. 1.2. Of simplicity
  8. 2. Of the need and the function
  9. 2.1 The needs
  10. 2.1.1. Desires, wants and needs
  11. 2.1.2. Luxury
  12. 2.1.3. Doing without the object
  13. 2.2. Reducing functions
  14. 2.2.1. Functional simplicity
  15. 2.2.2. Eliminating needs
  16. 2.2.3. Ab initio. Starting from scratch
  17. 2.2.4. Automating and transferring functions
  18. 2.2.5. Including and integrating functions
  19. 2.2.6. Reducing consumables
  20. 2.3. Reusing functions
  21. 2.3.1. Functional flexibility
  22. 2.3.2. Extending functions
  23. 2.3.3. Modular / standardizing
  24. 2.3.4. Design for all
  25. 2.3.5. The anaesthetic object
  26. 2.4. Recycling functions
  27. 2.4.1. Rethinking functions
  28. 3. Of morphology
  29. 3.1. The shape
  30. 3.1.1. Shape as a diagram of forces
  31. 3.1.2. The objective shape
  32. 3.1.3. Shape – process – material – function
  33. 3.2. Reducing the shape
  34. 3.2.1. Structural simplicity
  35. 3.2.2. The fading of the object
  36. 3.2.3. Miniaturising
  37. 3.2.4. Integration
  38. 3.2.5. Lightening
  39. 3.2.6. Dematerializing space
  40. 3.3. Reusing the form
  41. 3.3.1. Harmonic obsolescence
  42. 3.3.2. Designing to maintain
  43. 3.3.3. Standardising / modulating
  44. 3.3.4. Designing for dismantling
  45. 3.4. Recycling the form
  46. 3.4.1. Designing for adaptation
  47. 3.4.2. Designing for decomposition
  48. 4. Of the symbol and aesthetics
  49. 4.1. Aesthetics
  50. 4.1.1. The phases of aesthetics
  51. 4.1.2. Kitsch
  52. 4.1.3. Concinnity and coherence
  53. 4.2. Reducing the aesthetics
  54. 4.2.1. Visual simplicity
  55. 4.2.2. «Less is more»
  56. 4.2.3. Transparency
  57. 4.2.4. The aesthetics of lightness
  58. 4.2.5. From the aesthetics of movement to the aesthetics of excitement
  59. 4.3. Reusing the aesthetics
  60. 4.3.1. Styling and fashion
  61. 4.3.2. The ornament
  62. 4.3.3. The seductive object
  63. 4.3.4. The other senses
  64. 4.4. Recycling aesthetics
  65. 4.4.1. Semantic changes
  66. 4.4.2. The recuperation of the lofts
  67. 4.4.3. The readymade
  68. 5. Of complexity
  69. 5.1. Oversimplifying
  70. 5.2. Praising complexity