The nature of design : ecology, culture, and human intention / / David W. Orr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784573403321
• Autore: Orr David W. <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 0-19-988393-9; 0-19-756222-1; 0-19-803388-5; 1-60256-751-4; 1-280-56049-5; 9786610560493; 1-60256-508-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 237 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 304.2/8
• Soggetti: Nature - Effect of human beings on; Environmental ethics; Environmental responsibility; Global environmental change
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- I. The Problem of Ecological Design -- 1. Introduction: The Design of Culture and the Culture of Design -- 2. Human Ecology as a Problem of Ecological Design -- II. Pathologies and Barriers -- 3. Slow Knowledge -- 4. Speed -- 5. Verbicide -- 6. Technological Fundamentalism -- 7. Ideasclerosis -- 8. Ideasclerosis, Continued -- III. The Politics of Design -- 9. None So Blind: The Problem of Ecological Denial (with David Ehrenfeld) -- 10. Twine in the Baler -- 11. Conservation and Conservatism -- 12. A Politics Worthy of the Name -- 13. The Limits of Nature and the Educational Nature of Limits -- IV. Design as Pedagogy -- 14. Architecture and Education -- 15. The Architecture of Science -- 16. 2020: A Proposal -- 17. Education, Careers, and Callings -- 18. A Higher Order of Heroism -- ; V. Charity, Wildness, and Children -- 19. The Ecology of Giving and Consuming -- 20. The Great Wilderness Debate, Again -- 21. Loving Children: The Political Economy of Design -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ecological design is an emerging field that aims to recalibrate what humans do in the world according to how the world works as a biophysical system. Design in this sense is a large concept having to do as much with politics and ethics as with buildings and technology. The book begins by describing the scope of design, comparing it to the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Subsequent chapters describe barriers to a design revolution inherent in our misuse of language, the clockspeed of technological society, and shortsighted politics. Orr goes on to describe the critical role educational institutions might play in fostering design intelligence and what he calls "a higher order of heroism." Appropriately, the book ends on themes of charity, wilderness, and the rights of children. Astute yet broadly appealing, The Nature of Design combines theory, practicality, and a call to action.