Category: DESIGN IS THE PROBLEM

What Is Sustainability?

What Is a Systems Perspective? 7 Diversity and resiliency 10 Centralization and Decentralization 16 Cooperation and Competition 21 ecological Vitality 24 social Vitality 26 Financial Vitality 30 Ап ecosystem of stakeholders 33 a Careful Balance 36 1 Enter code DITPDE for 15% off any Rosenfeld Media product directlypurchased from our site: http:Zrosenfeldmedia. com B ecause […]

Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

Despite how optimistic, idealistic, and future-oriented most designers are, design has sometimes created big problems in the world. Even where our best intentions have been engaged, our outcomes have often fallen short—sometimes making matters worse— because we didn’t see the whole picture when creating what we envisioned. Where our best intentions haven’t been engaged or […]

What Is Sustainability?

Design is in great transition, thankfully. Tra­ditionally, design has been practiced with a focus on appearance, whether it is represented in graphic, interior, industrial, fashion, furni­ture, automotive, marine, or any other kind of design. In truth, design has never been merely about appearance, although that’s been the most prominent phenomenon throughout its history. In addition, […]

Introduction

T his isn’t a book about sustainable de­sign. Instead, it’s a book about how the design industry can approach the world in a more sustainable way. Design is interconnected—to engineering, management, production, customer experiences, and to the planet. Discussing and comprehending the relationship between design and sustainabil­ity requires a systems perspective to see these relationships […]

DESIGN IS THE PROBLEM

Who Should Read This Book? I believe that design is how we change the world. Designers are incredibly optimistic people—believing that they can, absolutely, change the world for the better. However, even without a design background or edu­cation, it doesn’t mean you don’t or can’t make change in the world—and change for the better. This […]