Design activism beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world /
Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm, which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and practice need to evolve to ensure that the disci...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London, UK :
Earthscan,
2009.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm, which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and practice need to evolve to ensure that the discipline of design meets sustainability drivers and equips students, teachers and professionals for the near-future. Design Activism reveals the power of design for positive social and environmental change, design with a central activist role in the sustainability challenge. Design activists seek to fu. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 244 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849770941 (electronic bk.) 1849770948 (electronic bk.) 9781136568480 (electronic bk.) 1136568484 (electronic bk.) |