Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy

Chapman, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 1844071812 / ISBN 13: 9781844071814

Editore: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2005

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• Titolo: Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy
• Editore: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1844071812
• ISBN 13: 9781844071814
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: good

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Riassunto

In today's unsustainable world of goods, where products are desired, purchased, briefly used and then promptly landfilled to make way for more, consumption and waste are rapidly spiralling out of control with truly devastating ecological consequences. Why do we, as a consumer society, have such short-lived and under-stimulating relationships with the objects that we invest such time, thought and money in acquiring, but that will soon be thoughtlessly discarded?

Emotionally Durable Design is a call to arms for professionals, students and academic creatives; proposing the emergence of a new genre of sustainable design that reduces consumption and waste by increasing the durability of relationships established between users and products. In this provocative text, Jonathan Chapman pioneers a radical design about-face to reduce the impact of modern consumption without compromising commercial viability or creative edge.

The author explores the essential question, why do users discard products that still work? It transports the reader beyond symptom-focused approaches to sustainable design such as design for recycling, biodegradeability and disassembly, to address the actual causes that underpin the environmental crisis we face. The result is a revealing exploration of consumer psychology and the deep motivations that fuel the human condition, and a rich resource of creative strategies and practical tools that will enable designers from a range of disciplines to explore new ways of thinking and of designing objects capable of supporting deeper and more meaningful relationships with their users.

This is fresh thinking for a brave new world of creative, durable and sustainable products, buildings, spaces and designed experiences.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Chapman is a Senior Lecturer in Three Dimensional Design at the University of Brighton, UK, and founder of sustainable design and research company Safehouse Creative.