Design Is The Problem
Description
Design makes a tremendous impact on the produced world in terms of usability, resources, understanding, and priorities. What we produce, how we serve customers and other stakeholders, and even how we understand how the world works is all affected by the design of models and solutions. Designers have an unprecedented opportunity to use their skills to make meaningful, sustainable change in the world—if they know how to focus their skills, time, and agendas. In Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable, Nathan Shedroff examines how the endemic culture of design often creates unsustainable solutions, and shows how designers can bake sustainability into their design processes in order to produce more sustainable solutions.
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Content
- Front Cover
- Table of Contents
- Copyright Page
- How to Use This Book
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What Is Sustainability?
- Chapter 2: How Is Sustainability Measured?
- Chapter 3: What Are the Approaches to Sustainability?
- Section: Reduce
- Chapter 4: Design for Use
- Chapter 5: Dematerialization
- Chapter 6: Substitution
- Chapter 7: Localization
- Chapter 8: Transmaterialization
- Chapter 9: Informationalization
- Section: Reuse
- Chapter 10: Design for Durability
- Chapter 11: Design for Reuse
- Section: Recycle
- Chapter 12: Design for Disassembly
- Chapter 13: Close the Loop
- Chapter 14: Design for Effectiveness
- Section: Restore
- Chapter 15: Design for Systems
- Section: Process
- Chapter 16: Innovating Solutions
- Chapter 17: Measuring Results
- Chapter 18: Declaring Results
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Super Summary and Checklists
- Appendix B: Resources
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Photo and Illustration Credits
- About the Author
- Back Cover
