Meaningful Stuff: Design That Lasts - Couverture rigide

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Chapman, Jonathan

 
9780262045728: Meaningful Stuff: Design That Lasts
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ISBN 10 : 0262045729 ISBN 13 : 9780262045728
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2021

Synopsis

An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more.

Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily transform into meaningless junk? In Meaningful Stuff, Jonathan Chapman investigates why we throw away things that still work, and shows how we can design products, services, and systems that last.

Obsolescence is an economically driven design decision--a plan to hasten a product's functional or psychological undesirability. Many electronic devices, for example, are intentionally impossible to dismantle for repair or recycling, their brief use-career proceeding inexorably to a landfill. A sustainable design specialist who serves as a consultant to global businesses and governmental organizations, Chapman calls for the decoupling of economic activity from mindless material consumption and shows how to do it.

Chapman shares his vision for an "experience heavy, material light" design sensibility. This vital and timely new design philosophy reveals how meaning emerges from designed encounters between people and things, explores ways to increase the quality and longevity of our relationships with objects and the systems behind them, and ultimately demonstrates why design can--and must--lead the transition to a sustainable future.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Chapman is Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design and the author of Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy.

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Éditeur
The MIT Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262045729
ISBN 13 
9780262045728
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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