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Designing sustainability : making radical changes in a material world / / Stuart Walker
| Designing sustainability : making radical changes in a material world / / Stuart Walker |
| Autore | Walker Stuart <1955-, > |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 745.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable design
Product design - Environmental aspects Immaterialism (Philosophy) Material culture Change (Psychology) |
| ISBN |
1-317-75319-4
1-315-79732-1 1-317-75320-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
3. 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 5. 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 A 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 A propositional design for sustainability: the Balanis chess setMaterials; Design outcome; Conclusions; 9. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786452303321 |
Walker Stuart <1955-, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Designing sustainability : making radical changes in a material world / / Stuart Walker
| Designing sustainability : making radical changes in a material world / / Stuart Walker |
| Autore | Walker Stuart <1955-, > |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina |
745.2
658.5752 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable design
Product design - Environmental aspects Immaterialism (Philosophy) Material culture Change (Psychology) |
| ISBN |
1-317-75319-4
1-315-79732-1 1-317-75320-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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
3. 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 5. 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 A 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 A propositional design for sustainability: the Balanis chess setMaterials; Design outcome; Conclusions; 9. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827634503321 |
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Walker Stuart <1955-, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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