Jane Penty (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, U

Product Design and Sustainability

Strategies, Tools and Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

As a guide and reference text, Product Design and Sustainability provides design students, practitioners and educators with the breadth and depth needed to integrate the most appropriate sustainable strategies into their practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 271mm x 215mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1010g
• ISBN-13: 9781138301986
• ISBN-10: 1138301981
• Artikelnr.: 57600171

Autorenporträt

Jane Penty is a designer and educator focused on the creative challenge of transforming how and what we consume into tools for sustainable living. She is Sustainable Design Leader for BA Product Design at Central Saint Martins, UAL, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1: Concepts and context. 1.
Sustainability and design in context. 1.1 Our unsustainability and major
threats. 1.2 The concept of sustainability: definitions and models. 1.3 A
timeline: design and the sustainability movement. 1.4 Obstacles, challenges
and key players for change. Chapter summary. Key texts and further reading.
Endnotes. Part 2: Strategies, tools and approaches. 2. Environmentally led
strategies. 2.1 From less bad to better and positive: an overview of
approaches. 2.2 Thinking in systems and designing for life cycles. 2.3
Tools and metrics for better design choices. 2.4 Carrot and stick:
voluntary, mandatory, regulations and certification. 2.5 Radical rethinks:
low tech and old tech. Chapter summary. Key references and further reading.
Endnotes. 3. Socially led strategies. 3.1 Overconsumption: shifting the
consumer society through behaviour change. 3.2 Better products and real
needs: human centred and socially responsible design. 3.3 The other 70%:
design for the base of the pyramid. 3.4 Ethics & sustainability: design as
a tool for change. Chapter summary and key design challenges. Key
references and further reading. Endnotes. 4. Economically led strategies.
4.1 Introduction to economy and sustainability. 4.2 The rise of more
responsible business. 4.3 Emerging business models: the collaborative
economy. 4.4 Emerging business models: open design and distributed
production. 4.5 Emerging business models: the circular economy. Chapter
summary. Key references and further reading. Endnotes. Part 3: In practice.
5. Short-use products: packaging, consumables and disposables. 5.1 In the
balance: pros and cons of Consumer Packaged Goods. 5.2 Key re-design
strategies. Chapter summary. Endnotes. 6. Electronic tools and digital
gateways. 6.1 the visible and invisible environmental impacts of the
digital world. 6.2 design strategies for reducing the environmental impacts
of electronic devices. 6.3 the social value of digital tools. Chapter
summary. Endnotes. 7. Furniture and space related products. 7.1 Furniture
trends and their sustainability implications. 7.2 Problematic materials and
toxicity. 7.3 Design strategies for more sustainable furniture. Chapter
summary. Endnotes. 8. Transportation and mobility: products and services.
8.1 The environmental, social and economic impacts of transportations and
mobility. 8.2 Design for more sustainable transport modes. 8.3 Systems
thinking: new technologies and business models for mass personalised
mobility. Chapter summary. Endnotes. Conclusion. Glossary. Index.