Metadesigning Designing in the Anthropocene (Hardcover)

Long-sighted, radical and provocative, this book offers a foundational framework of concepts, principles and methods (exemplified with selected tools) to enable metadesigners to manage and reinvent their practices. The book reminds readers that designers are, albeit unwittingly, helping to shape the Anthropocene. Despite their willingness to deliver greener products and services, designers find themselves part of an industry that has become the go-to catalyst for dividends and profit. If our species is to achieve the rehabilitation and metamorphosis, we may need to design at the level of paradigms, genres, lifestyles and currencies. This would mean making design more integrated, comprehensive, adaptive, transdisciplinary, self-reflexive and relational. The book, therefore, advocates a shift of emphasis from designing 'sustainable' products, services and systems towards cultivating synergies that will induce regenerative lifestyles. The book will be of interest to managers, designers, scholars and educators from a wide range of backgrounds, including design research, design history, design studies and environmental studies.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Design Research for Change
Release date:	May 2022
Editors:	John Wood
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-206752-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Product design Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Interior design Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Promotions
LSN:	1-03-206752-7
Barcode:	9781032067520

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