LEADER 05128oam 2200685I 450 001 9910786452303321 005 20230803202414.0 010 $a1-317-75319-4 010 $a1-315-79732-1 010 $a1-317-75320-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315797328 035 $a(CKB)3710000000111361 035 $a(EBL)1687468 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001195293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12403516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001195293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11155922 035 $a(PQKB)11292474 035 $a(OCoLC)882242593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1687468 035 $a(OCoLC)880411133 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000111361 100 $a20180706d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---auaau 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDesigning sustainability $emaking radical changes in a material world /$fStuart Walker 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: Walker, Stuart, 1955- Designing sustainability : making radical changes in a material world. Oxfordshire, England ; New York : Routledge, c2014 x, 187 page 9780415744119 2013036836 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Figures, Tables and Plates; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. Introduction; 2. The Object of Nightingales: design values for a meaningful material culture; Naturalistic materialism and human values; Meaning and its relationship to values; Meaning, values and design; 1. A basis for values; 2. Values for meaningful design decision-making; 3. Ethically questionable, unsustainable design practices; 4. Ethical, sustainable design decision-making; Conclusions 327 $a3. Design on a Darkling Plain: transcending utility through questions in formThe value of products; Where value lies and the trivialization of material culture; Intrinsic value of objects and a more consequential notion of design; Sustainability, inner meaning and symbolism; Sustainability, symbolism and designing; Propositional objects; Conclusions; 4. Contemplative Objects: artefacts for challenging convention and stimulating change; Progress and products; Transcending the status quo; Objects for reflection; Contemplative objects; What we hold most dear; Contemplating objects; Design's eye 327 $a5. Design and Spirituality: creating material culture for a wisdom economyThe demise and nascent return of spirituality; Perspectives on spirituality:; Worldviews, human needs and levels of meaning; Human needs; Levels of meaning; The spiritual understanding; Spirituality, contemplation and the creative process; Implications for design; Towards a wisdom economy; 6. The Narrow Door to Sustainability: from practically useful to spiritually useful artefacts; Extending design's ambit; Beyond the prosaic; The inner path and sustainability; Design shift; From theory to practice 327 $aA spiritually useful, post-materialist, trans-religious objectConclusions; 7. A Form of Silence: design for doing no-thing; Obstacles to change; Avenues for change; Extrinsic avenues for change; Intrinsic avenues for change: a changed outlook; Implications of a changed outlook for design; Stonework: an exemplar object; Conclusions; 8. A New Game: function, design and post-materialist form; Context, story and the value of objects; Spirituality, virtue and sustainability in human activities; Nature and the spiritual self; Values and priorities expressed through form 327 $aA propositional design for sustainability: the Balanis chess setMaterials; Design outcome; Conclusions; 9. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWhat is the relationship between design, sustainability, inner values and spirituality? How can we create designs that provide a convincing alternative to unsustainable interpretations of progress, growth, consumerism and commercialism? Building on the arguments first advanced in his widely acclaimed books Sustainable by Design and The Spirit of Design, Stuart Walker explains how we can achieve the systemic changes needed to address the challenges of sustainability. Challenging common assumptions about the nature of our contemporary material culture and its r 606 $aSustainable design 606 $aProduct design$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aImmaterialism (Philosophy) 606 $aMaterial culture 606 $aChange (Psychology) 615 0$aSustainable design. 615 0$aProduct design$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aImmaterialism (Philosophy) 615 0$aMaterial culture. 615 0$aChange (Psychology) 676 $a745.2 700 $aWalker$b Stuart$f1955-,$0789312 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786452303321 996 $aDesigning sustainability$93852748 997 $aUNINA