Contrapractice: Action Against Defuturing - Couverture souple

Fry, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1350448494 ISBN 13 : 9781350448490

Editeur : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2026

Synopsis

Building on Tony Fry's foundational work on 'defuturing', a deconstructive method to understand fundamental flaws in the designed world around us, this book addresses current global unsustainable practices.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Tony Fry is Principal of The Studio at the Edge of the World, Tasmania, Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, Australia and Visiting Professor at University of Ibagué, Colombia. He is an award-winning designer, cultural theorist, educator and author. He has held academic positions in Australia and internationally and is the author of sixteen books, including Design Futuring (Bloomsbury, 2009), Design as Politics (Bloomsbury, 2011), Becoming Human By Design (Bloomsbury, 2012), Remaking Cities (Bloomsbury, 2017), Defuturing (Bloomsbury, 2020) and Writing Design Fiction (Bloomsbury, 2021).

Dulmini Perera is Lecturer and Researcher at Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany. She works at the intersection of critical theory, design theory and systems/cybernetics research, and is the recipient of the Heinz von Foerster award (2021). She has written and edited a number of publications including the co-edited book The Space of Technicity (forthcoming, 2023) and the co-edited Footprint journal volume Engaging Cosmotechnical Difference in Architecture and Urbanism (forthcoming, 2024). She is a member of award-winning design and research teams in Sri Lanka and internationally.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1350448494
• ISBN 13: 9781350448490
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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