The Responsible Object: A History of Design Ideology for the Future
What would future archeologists think of our time, if they were to dig in the places that used to house our civilization? They would find the leftovers of an age of rampant, imperishable objects. Today, in an economic system that revolves around producing and consuming these objects, we are starting to review their role in a series of challenges that lie ahead of us. In the design discipline, sustainability and social responsibility have become prolific epithets, generating new products, marterials and technologies, designed to change the course of our future. The intrinsic design ideologies are often not new, but form a fundamental part of design history, reappearing throughout the previous centuries. The Responsible Object presents a history of socially committed design strategies within the western tradition, from William Morris to Victor Papanek, and from VKhUTEMAS to FabLab.
Author Marjanne Van Helvert
ISBN 9789492095190
Category Industrial Design Books