Description
Book SynopsisThe value of design for contributing to environmental solutions and a sustainable future is increasingly recognised. It spans many spheres of everyday life, and the ethical dimension of design practice that considers environmental, social and economic sustainability is compelling.
Approaches to design recognise design as a practice that can transform human experience and understanding, expanding its role beyond stylistic enhancement. The traditional roles of design, designer and designed object are therefore redefined through new understanding of the relationship between the material and immaterial aspects of design where the design product and the design process are embodiments of ideas, values and beliefs.
This multi-disciplinary approach considers how to create design which is at once aesthetically pleasing and also ethically considered, with contributions from fields as diverse as architecture, fashion, urban design and philosophy. The authors also address how to tea
Table of Contents
1. Framing Perspectives on Design and Ethics 2. Design-Ing Ethics: the Good, the Bad and the Performative 3. Design, Ethics and Group Myopia 4. From Allure to Ethics: Design as a ‘Creative Industry’ Part 2: Communication Design 5. Hybridity, Hegemony, and Design in a Globalized Economy 6. Values and Pragmatic Action 7. Designing Well 8. Design and Ethics in Digital Mental Health Promotion 9. Interaction Design, Mass Communication And The Challenge Of Distributed Expertise Part 3: Built Environment 10. Living With Strangers 11. The Social Responsibility of Educational Institutions 12. Rethinking Practice: Architecture, Ecology and Ethics Marci 13. Delivering Sustainable Housing Part 4: Fashion 14. Fashion, Ethics, Ethos 15. Nourishing And Polluting: Redefining the Role of Waste in the Fashion System. Looking Back, Forward And Elsewhere: An Afterword
