Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design

<p>As a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us – for better or worse. The recent emergence of the sustainability imperative in product design compels us to recalibrate the parameters of good design in an unsustainable age. Written by designers, for designers, the <em>Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design</em> presents the first systematic overview of the burgeoning field of sustainable product design. Brimming with intelligent viewpoints, critical propositions, practical examples and rich theoretical analyses, this book provides an essential point of reference for scholars and practitioners at the intersection of product design and sustainability. The book takes readers to the depth of our engagements with the designed world to advance the social and ecological purpose of product design as a critical twenty-first-century practice. Comprising 35 chapters across 6 thematic parts, the book’s contributors include the most significant international thinkers in this dynamic and evolving field.</p> <p>Introduction <strong>Part 1: The Made World </strong>1.<strong> </strong>A Brief History of (Un)sustainable Design<br><i>Damon Taylor 2. </i>The Half-Life of a Sustainable Emotion: Searching for meaning in product usage <i>Gerald Cupchik</i> 3. A Renaissance of Animism: A meditation on the relationship between things and their makers <i>Michael Leube</i> 4. The Object of Nightingales: Design values for a meaningful material culture <i>Stuart Walker</i> 5. Challenges of the Cultural Differentiation of Technology <i>Petran Kockelkoren</i> 6. Sustainable Product Design: An Oxymoron? <i>Clive Dilnot</i> <strong>Part 2: Agents of Change</strong> 7. Sustainable Thinking <i>Aaris Sherin </i>8. Engaging Designers in Sustainability <i>Vicky Lofthouse</i> 9. Design for Sustainable Behaviour <i>Debra Lilley & Garrath Wilson</i> 10. Mending Broken Promises in Sustainable Design <i>Alex Lobos</i> 11. Sharing, Materialism and Design for Sustainability <i>Russell Belk</i> 12. A Journey of Two Designers <em>Yorick Benjamin</em> <strong>Part 3: Materials and Processes</strong><em> </em>13. Conflict Minerals and the Politics of Stuff <em>Colin Fitzpatrick</em> 14. Materially Yours<em> Elvin Karana, Elisa Giaccardi & Valentina Rognoli</em> 15. Mediating Matters <em>Nick Gant</em> 16. Print to Repair: 3D printing and product repair <em>Miles Park</em> 17. Unmaking Waste<em> Robert Crocker </em><strong>Part 4: User Experience</strong> 18. Emotional Sustainability <i>Deana McDonagh </i>19. Pleasant Experiences and Sustainable Design <i>Juan Carlos Ortiz Nicolás</i> 20. Surprising Longevity <i>Silvia Grimaldi </i>21. Design for Sustainable Use using Principles of Behaviour Change <i>Casper Boks & Johannes Zachrisson Daae</i> 22. Hacking the Probehead: Manipulations for social sustainability <i>Otto von Busch</i> 23. Transitions in Sociotechnical Conditions that afford Usership: Sustainable Who? <i>Cameron Tonkinwise</i> <strong>Part 5: Systems and Services</strong> 24. Product Service Systems and the Future of Design <i>Tracy Bhamra & Ricardo Hernandez </i>25. A Consumer’s Perspective on the Circular Economy <i>Ruth Mugge</i> 26. Designing Circular Possessions <i>Weston Baxter & Peter Childs</i> 27. Longer-Lasting Products and Services <i>Tim Cooper </i>28. How about Dinner? Concepts and methods in designing for sustainable lifestyles <i>Annelise de Jong & Ramia Maze </i>29. The Sustainable Energy for All Design Scenario <i>Carlo Vezzoli and Elisa Bacchetti </i><strong>Part 6: Design Futures</strong> 30. From Good to the Greater Good <em>Anna Pohlmeyer & Pieter Desmet </em> 31. Plans and Speculated Actions: Design, behaviour and complexity in sustainable futures <i>Dan Lockton & Veronica Ranner </i>32. From Products to Relations: Adding ‘jeong’ to the metadesigner’s vocabulary <i>John Wood </i>33. Products Of the Open Design Context <i>Paul Micklethwaite </i>34. Promoting Sustainability through Mindful Design <i>Kristina Niedderer </i>35. Design for Social Innovation and new Product Contexts <i>Nicola Morelli</i> Index<em> </em></p>