Things We Could Design
For More Than Human-Centered Worlds
$73.53
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
21 September 2021
Summary
How posthumanist design enables a world in which humans share center stage with nonhumans, with whom we are entangled.
Over the past forty years, designers have privileged human values such that human-centered design is seen as progressive. Yet because all that is not human has been depleted, made extinct, or put to human use, today’s design contributes to the existential threat of climate change and the ongoing extinctions of other species. In Things We Could Design, Ron Wak…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262542999 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262542994 |
| Author: | Ron Wakkary |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 21 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Design Thinking, Design Theory |
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2021 Kyoto Global Design Award Winner “Deep, beautiful, and a little quirky.” –Thomas Girard, The Ormsby Review
2021 Kyoto Global Design Award Winner
“Deep, beautiful, and a little quirky.” —Thomas Girard, The Ormsby Review
About The Author
Ron Wakkary
Ron Wakkary is Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology and founder of the Everyday Design Studio at Simon Fraser University and Professor and Chair of Design for More Than Human-Centred Worlds in Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology.
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