Design for a Sustainable Culture

Design for a Sustainable Culture
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781351857970
ISBN-13 : 1351857975
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Book Synopsis Design for a Sustainable Culture by : Astrid Skjerven

Download or read book Design for a Sustainable Culture written by Astrid Skjerven and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series introduction -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Contextual perspectives -- 2 Design research: contents, characteristics and possible contributions for a sustainable society -- 3 Distributed systems and cosmopolitan localism: an emerging design scenario for resilient societies -- 4 Social ecologies of flourishing: designing conditions that sustain culture -- 5 The idea of simplicity as a pathway to cultural sustainability -- PART II Environments -- 6 Housing culture, residential preferences and sustainability -- 7 Designing a sense of place -- PART III Products and cultures -- 8 The importance of culture in design for sustainable behaviour research -- 9 The social construction of child consumers: transmedia toys in light of Slavoj Žižek's notions of pleasure and enjoyment -- 10 Contemporary vernacular Inuit clothing as sustainable fashion -- 11 Fit in ready-to-wear clothing: why people dispose garments before they are worn out -- PART IV Design education for citizenship -- 12 Developing holistic understanding in design education for sustainability -- 13 Rethinking consumption culture: educating the reflective citizen -- 14 Persuasion and play: crafting a sustainable culture -- 15 Teaching cultural sensitivity at architecture schools for more sustainable buildings: lessons from reconstruction -- Index


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