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Book SynopsisCraig Martin is Reader in Design Studies in the School of Design at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he teaches on the postgraduate Design for Change programme. He is the author of
Deviant Design (Bloomsbury, 2022),
Shipping Container (Bloomsbury, 2016) and co-editor, with J. Rugg, of
Spatialities (2011).
Trade ReviewIn
Deviant Design, Craig Martin steps away from the high street to explore an ever-changing shadow world of knock-off products and DIY cities, where counterfeit goods, unregulated hacks and illicit innovations overlap to shape everyday life for billions. A timely and refreshing approach. -- Geoff Manaugh, writer and author of A Burglar’s Guide to the City (2016)
"I look awry at design", says Craig Martin. Indeed. This book presents design as we have never seen it before, focusing on deviant and illicit practices that make part of contemporary social and economic life. The author shows how the potential of the illicit allows us to appreciate the radical ways of looking at things, processes, practices and systems. -- Constantin Boym, Chair of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, USA
Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Heterodox Design 1. Expanding Design 2. ‘Social Design’ is Not Social Enough 3. Valuing the Deviant and the Illicit 4. Misusing Things 5. Illicit Design 6. Counterfeit Design Conclusion: The Ethics of Change? References Notes
