Long-sighted, radical and provocative, this book offers a foundational framework of concepts, principles and methods (exemplified with selected tools) to enable metadesigners to manage and reinvent their practices.
The book reminds readers that designers are, albeit unwittingly, helping to shape the Anthropocene. Despite their willingness to deliver greener products and services, designers find themselves part of an industry that has become the go-to catalyst for dividends and profit. If our species is to achieve the rehabilitation and metamorphosis, we may need to design at the level of paradigms, genres, lifestyles and currencies. This would mean making design more integrated, comprehensive, adaptive, transdisciplinary, self-reflexive and relational. The book, therefore, advocates a shift of emphasis from designing ‘sustainable’ products, services and systems towards cultivating synergies that will induce regenerative lifestyles.
The book will be of interest to managers, designers, scholars and educators from a wide range of backgrounds, including design research, design history, design studies and environmental studies.
Edited by:
John Wood Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 480g ISBN:9781032071022 ISBN 10: 1032071028 Series:Design Research for Change Pages: 238 Publication Date:27 May 2024 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Foreword. The Unthinkable Practice of Designing Clive Dilnot Introduction. The Conditions of Design John Wood Part 1: Game Changing 1. Up Close and Personal Mathilda Tham 2. Re-shaping Meaning & Value Jordan Dalladay-Simpson 3. Languaging Design Julia Lockheart Part 2: The Idea of Metadesign 4. Design Science Paul Taylor 5. A Framework for Metadesign Caio Adorno Vassão 6. The Poetic Dimension of Metadesign Elisa Giaccardi Part 3: Relational Thinking 7. Creative Quartets John Wood 8. Beyond Human-Centred Design Hannah Jones Part 4: Bodies of Knowledge 9. Embodying Ubuntu Olu Taiwo 10. Organisational Consciousness John Backwell & John Wood Part 5: Making Metadesign Work 11. Facilitating ‘Team Consciousness’ Anette Lundebye 12. Post-Disciplinary Design Lara Furniss 13. Optimizing Synergistic Performance in Design Chuck Ware Part 6: Beyond the Thinkable 14. Co-exploring the visual metaphors of the Dream Julia Lockheart 15. Beyond Semiotics Hyaesook Yang 16. Becoming Polyphibious Živa Ljubec
John Wood is Emeritus Professor of Design at Goldsmiths University of London.
