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- A selected history of socially committed design strategies within the Western tradition, from the past 150 yearsWithin the design discipline, calls for sustainability and social responsibility have become some of the most common rallying cries of the past decade, generating countless new products, materials and technologies--all designed to change the course of our future.
- Author(s): Marjanne Van Helvert
- 288 Pages
- Art, Essays
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A selected history of socially committed design strategies within the Western tradition, from the past 150 years
Within the design discipline, calls for sustainability and social responsibility have become some of the most common rallying cries of the past decade, generating countless new products, materials and technologies--all designed to change the course of our future. Adjectives like "sustainable," "green" and "eco" describe this new wave of socially committed design. But though today's conditions are urgent and particular, the ideologies behind these new products are often not totally new, but rather a part of design history. Contemporary sustainable design is just the newest chapter of a story that stretches back throughout the previous centuries. The Responsible Object presents a selected history of socially committed design strategies within the Western design tradition of roughly the last 150 years, from William Morris to Victor Papanek, and from VKhUTEMAS to FabLab. It includes about 20 interstitial mini-posters with slogans from the text, printed on different colored papers.Dimensions (Overall): 9.4 Inches (H) x 6.5 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Valiz
Format: Paperback
Author: Marjanne Van Helvert
Language: English
Street Date: February 28, 2017
TCIN: 92361383
UPC: 9789492095190
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-2271
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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