Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Part I The made world -- 1 A brief history of (un)sustainable design -- 2 The half-life of a sustainable emotion: searching for meaning in product usage -- 3 A renaissance of animism: a meditation on the relationship between things and their makers -- 4 The object of nightingales: design values for a meaningful material culture -- 5 Challenges of the cultural differentiation of technology -- 6 Sustainable product design: an oxymoron? -- Part II Agents of change -- 7 Sustainable thinking -- 8 Engaging designers in sustainability -- 9 Design for sustainable behaviour -- 10 Mending broken promises in sustainable design -- 11 Sharing, materialism, and design for sustainability -- 12 A journey of two designers -- Part III Materials and processes -- 13 Conflict minerals and the politics of stuff -- 14 Materially yours -- 15 Mediating matters -- 16 Print to repair: 3D printing and product repair -- 17 Unmaking waste -- Part IV User experience -- 18 Emotional sustainability -- 19 Pleasant experiences and sustainable design -- 20 Surprising longevity -- 21 Design for sustainable use using principles of behaviour change -- 22 Hacking the probe-head: manipulations for social sustainability -- 23 Transitions in sociotechnical conditions that afford usership: sustainable who? -- Part V Systems and services -- 24 Product service systems and the future of design -- 25 A consumer's perspective on the circular economy -- 26 Designing circular possessions -- 27 Which way to turn? Product longevity and business dilemmas in the circular economy -- 28 How about dinner? Concepts and methods in designing for sustainable lifestyles -- 29 The Sustainable Energy for All Design Scenario.

Part VI Design futures -- 30 From good to the greater good -- 31 Plans and speculated actions: design, behaviour and complexity in sustainable futures -- 32 From product design to relational design: adding 'jeong' to the metadesigner's vocabulary -- 33 Products of the open design context -- 34 Promoting sustainability through mindful design -- 35 Design for social innovation and new product contexts -- Index.

Written by designers, for designers, The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design presents the first systematic overview of the burgeoning field of sustainable product design.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.