
Metadesigning Designing in the Anthropocene
John Wood(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. May 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-1-032-07102-2 (ISBN)
Description
Long-sighted, radical and provocative, this book offers a foundational framework of concepts, principles and methods (exemplified with selected tools) to enable metadesigners to manage and reinvent their practices.
The book reminds readers that designers are, albeit unwittingly, helping to shape the Anthropocene. Despite their willingness to deliver greener products and services, designers find themselves part of an industry that has become the go-to catalyst for dividends and profit. If our species is to achieve the rehabilitation and metamorphosis, we may need to design at the level of paradigms, genres, lifestyles and currencies. This would mean making design more integrated, comprehensive, adaptive, transdisciplinary, self-reflexive and relational. The book, therefore, advocates a shift of emphasis from designing 'sustainable' products, services and systems towards cultivating synergies that will induce regenerative lifestyles.
The book will be of interest to managers, designers, scholars and educators from a wide range of backgrounds, including design research, design history, design studies and environmental studies.
The book reminds readers that designers are, albeit unwittingly, helping to shape the Anthropocene. Despite their willingness to deliver greener products and services, designers find themselves part of an industry that has become the go-to catalyst for dividends and profit. If our species is to achieve the rehabilitation and metamorphosis, we may need to design at the level of paradigms, genres, lifestyles and currencies. This would mean making design more integrated, comprehensive, adaptive, transdisciplinary, self-reflexive and relational. The book, therefore, advocates a shift of emphasis from designing 'sustainable' products, services and systems towards cultivating synergies that will induce regenerative lifestyles.
The book will be of interest to managers, designers, scholars and educators from a wide range of backgrounds, including design research, design history, design studies and environmental studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
56 s/w Abbildungen, 56 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
56 Halftones, black and white; 56 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-07102-2 (9781032071022)
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John Wood is Emeritus Professor of Design at Goldsmiths University of London.
Content
Foreword. The Unthinkable Practice of Designing
Clive Dilnot
Introduction. The Conditions of Design
John Wood
Part 1: Game Changing
1. Up Close and Personal
Mathilda Tham
2. Re-shaping Meaning & Value
Jordan Dalladay-Simpson
3. Languaging Design
Julia Lockheart
Part 2: The Idea of Metadesign
4. Design Science
Paul Taylor
5. A Framework for Metadesign
Caio Adorno Vassao
6. The Poetic Dimension of Metadesign
Elisa Giaccardi
Part 3: Relational Thinking
7. Creative Quartets
John Wood
8. Beyond Human-Centred Design
Hannah Jones
Part 4: Bodies of Knowledge
9. Embodying Ubuntu
Olu Taiwo
10. Organisational Consciousness
John Backwell & John Wood
Part 5: Making Metadesign Work
11. Facilitating 'Team Consciousness'
Anette Lundebye
12. Post-Disciplinary Design
Lara Furniss
13. Optimizing Synergistic Performance in Design
Chuck Ware
Part 6: Beyond the Thinkable
14. Co-exploring the visual metaphors of the Dream
Julia Lockheart
15. Beyond Semiotics
Hyaesook Yang
16. Becoming Polyphibious
Ziva Ljubec
Clive Dilnot
Introduction. The Conditions of Design
John Wood
Part 1: Game Changing
1. Up Close and Personal
Mathilda Tham
2. Re-shaping Meaning & Value
Jordan Dalladay-Simpson
3. Languaging Design
Julia Lockheart
Part 2: The Idea of Metadesign
4. Design Science
Paul Taylor
5. A Framework for Metadesign
Caio Adorno Vassao
6. The Poetic Dimension of Metadesign
Elisa Giaccardi
Part 3: Relational Thinking
7. Creative Quartets
John Wood
8. Beyond Human-Centred Design
Hannah Jones
Part 4: Bodies of Knowledge
9. Embodying Ubuntu
Olu Taiwo
10. Organisational Consciousness
John Backwell & John Wood
Part 5: Making Metadesign Work
11. Facilitating 'Team Consciousness'
Anette Lundebye
12. Post-Disciplinary Design
Lara Furniss
13. Optimizing Synergistic Performance in Design
Chuck Ware
Part 6: Beyond the Thinkable
14. Co-exploring the visual metaphors of the Dream
Julia Lockheart
15. Beyond Semiotics
Hyaesook Yang
16. Becoming Polyphibious
Ziva Ljubec