Design for Society

Design for Society
Author: Nigel Whiteley
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1997-06-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1861895313

Although design has become eminently newsworthy among the general public in our society, there is very little understanding to be found of the values and implications that underlie it. Design generates much heat but little light: we live in a world that has much design consciousness, but little design awareness. Nigel Whiteley analyses design's role and status today, and discusses what our obsession with it tells us about our own culture. Design for Society is not an anti-design book; rather, it is an anti-consumerist-design book, in that it reveals what most people would agree are the socially and ecologically unsound values and unsatisfactory implications on which the system of consumerist design is constructed. In so doing, it prepares the ground for a more responsible and just type of design.

Designing for Society

Designing for Society
Author: Nynke Tromp
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2018-12-27
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1472569768

Our globalised world is encountering problems on an unprecedented scale. Many of the issues we face as societies extend beyond the borders of our nations. Phenomena such as terrorism, climate change, immigration, cybercrime and poverty can no longer be understood without considering the complex socio-technical systems that support our way of living. It is widely acknowledged that to contend with any of the pressing issues of our time, we have to substantially adapt our lifestyles. To adequately counteract the problems of our time, we need interventions that help us actually adopt the behaviours that lead us toward a more sustainable and ethically just future. In Designing for Society, Nynke Tromp and Paul Hekkert provide a hands-on tool for design professionals and students who wish to use design to counteract social issues. Viewing the artefact as a unique means of facilitating behavioural change to realise social impact, this book goes beyond the current trend of applying design thinking to enhancing public services, and beyond the idea of the designer as a facilitator of localised social change.

Designing with Society

Designing with Society
Author: Scott Boylston
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1351372068

This book explores an emerging design culture that rigorously applies systems thinking to the practice of design as a form of facilitating change on an increasingly crowded planet. Designers conversant in topics such as living systems, cultural competence, social justice, and power asymmetries can contribute their creative skills to the world of social innovation to help address the complex social challenges of the 21st century. By establishing a foundation built on the capabilities approach to human development, designers have an opportunity to transcend previous disciplinary constraints, and redefine our understanding of design agency. With an emphasis on developing an adaptability to dynamic situations, the cultivation of diversity, and an insistence on human dignity, this book weaves together theories and practices from diverse fields of thought and action to provide designers with a concrete yet flexible set of actionable design principles. And, with the aim of equipping designers with the ability to drive long-term, sustainable change, it proposes a new set of design competences that emphasize a deeper mindfulness of our interdependence; with each other, and with our life-giving natural systems. It’s a call to action to use design and design thinking as a tool to transform our collective worldviews toward an appreciation for what we all hold in common; a hope and a belief that our future is a place where all of humankind will flourish.

47th Publication Design Annual

47th Publication Design Annual
Author: Society of Publication Designers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2013-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1592538223

"The Society of Publication Designers annual celebrating the most outstanding editorial design from 2011, created for publications across print, web and tablet platforms"--Page 4 of cover

50th Publication Design Annual

50th Publication Design Annual
Author: Society of Publication Designers
Publisher: Rockport Publishers and
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1631591118

This 50th edition of Publication Design Annual celebrates the winners of The Society for Publication Design's competition.

Design

Design
Author: Karl T. Ulrich
Publisher: Karl T. Ulrich
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0983648700

Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam

Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam
Author: Nancy Stieber
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1998-07-20
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780226774176

Winner of the 1999 Spiro Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians. During the early 1900s, Amsterdam developed an international reputation as an urban mecca when invigorating reforms gave rise to new residential neighborhoods encircling the city's dispirited nineteenth-century districts. This new housing, built primarily with government subsidy, not only was affordable but also met rigorous standards of urban planning and architectural design. Nancy Stieber explores the social and political developments that fostered this innovation in public housing. Drawing on government records, professional journals, and polemical writings, Stieber examines how government supported large-scale housing projects, how architects like Berlage redefined their role as architects in service to society, and how the housing occupants were affected by public debates about working-class life, the cultural value of housing, and the role of art in society. Stieber emphasizes the tensions involved in making architectural design a social practice while she demonstrates the success of this collective enterprise in bringing about effective social policy and aesthetic progress.

Innovation Design

Innovation Design
Author: Elke den Ouden
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447122682

Innovation Design presents an approach to designing shared value for businesses, non-profit organizations, end-users and society. The societal and economic challenges we are currently facing – such as the aging population, energy scarcity and environmental issues – are not just threats but are also great opportunities for organizations. Innovation Design shows how organizations can contribute to the process of generating value for society by finding true solutions to these challenges. And at the same time it describes how they can capture value for themselves in business ecosystems that care for both people and planet. This book covers: creating meaningful innovations that improve quality of life, engage users and provide value for organizations and other stakeholders, guiding the creation of shared value throughout the innovation process, with a practical and integrative approach towards value that connects ideas from economics, psychology, sociology and ecology, designing new business models and business ecosystems to deliver sustainable benefits for all the involved parties and stakeholders, addressing both tangible and intangible value. Innovation Design gives numerous examples of projects and innovations to illustrate some of the challenges and solutions you may encounter in your journey of designing meaningful innovations and creating shared value. It also offers practical methods and tools that can be applied directly in your own projects. And in a fast-changing world, it provides a context, a framework and the inspiration to create value at every level: for people, for organizations and for the society in which we live.

Objects of Desire

Objects of Desire
Author: Adrian Forty
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1987-03-12
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780394751511

Traces and analyzes the history of product design since 1750, beginning with the design and marketing innovations of Josiah Wedgwood, and examines how product design came into existence, how it influences our choices, and what is says about society

Design Issues

Design Issues
Author: DK. Holland
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Based on the popular "Design Issues" column in Communication Arts, this anthology of brilliantly-conceived mind-teasers explores how design communicates with, rubs itself against, and sometimes stumbles around the "real" world. Here are some of the column's most intriguing and provocative selections, taken from an unorthodox mix of over 20 contributors, covering a range of subjects from designing a corporate identity to the philosophical dimensions of art. Upbeat and entertaining, it's sure to capture the attention of artists, illustrators and designers