Sustainist Design Guide
How Sharing, Localism, Connectedness and Proportionality Are Creating a New Agenda for Social Design
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2014
Summary
Social innovation is experiencing a resurgence at a time when cultural boundaries are shifting. A wave of new social initiatives is coming into view worldwide, where millions of dedicated people are beginning to “design” different kinds of living environments that are more collaborative, more socially just, and more sustainable. This movement is what this Sustainist Design Guide is all about. As the authors say: “It is no longer a matter of designing for society, but within it. “This explora…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789063692834 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9063692838 |
| Author: | Diana Krabbendam, Michiel Schwarz |
| Publisher: | BIS Publishers B.V. |
| Imprint: | BIS Publishers B.V. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 159mm x 11mm |
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Critics Review
Sustainism will drive the creativity of the twenty-first century. By connecting the issues of sustainability, social networks, localism, biomimicry, community, urban planning, food and a host of others, Michiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers offer a canvas on which we might paint the future of our society.
- Tim Brown, CEO and President, IDEO, worldwide design consultancy, USA
Sustainism implies new criteria for design, involving locality, connectedness, time, proportionality and sharing, as well environmental sustainability.
- Michiel Schwarz & Joost Elffers, authors “Sustainism Is the New Modernism”
The critical issue for any designer committed to the principles identified in “Sustainism” is how to put them into practice
- Alice Rawsthorn, design critic, International Herald Tribune
About The Author
Diana Krabbendam
Michiel Schwarz (Author)
Michiel Schwarz is a cultural thinker, consultant and innovator, and co-author of Sustainism is the New Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era. Diana Krabbendam is a social design producer and director of the Amsterdam-based network The Beach for creative innovation.Diana Krabbendam (Author) Diana Krabbendam is a social design producer and director of the Amsterdam-based network The Beach for creative innovation.Returns
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