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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Extant design
T2 - 1st International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards, RAVAGE OF THE PLANET 2006, RAV06
AU - Walker, S.
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A brief overview of two quite different but interrelated ways of addressing sustainability in relation to product design, namely "incremental improvement through design" and "more fundamental considerations of sustainability and product design" is followed by a design exploration that focuses on the second, while also incorporating aspects of the first. The basis of the exploration is described, and supplemented with tangible examples that illustrate the ideas. The focus of the discussion and the design work is on the still-useful objects that are so readily discarded and replaced because they are no longer regarded as useful, or for aesthetic reasons, or because minor technical advancements render these older objects less desirable. The three design explorations included here attempt to offer ways of re-valuing older products, thereby increasing their useful life and, in the process, making some contribution to mitigating the need for and effects of replacement products.
AB - A brief overview of two quite different but interrelated ways of addressing sustainability in relation to product design, namely "incremental improvement through design" and "more fundamental considerations of sustainability and product design" is followed by a design exploration that focuses on the second, while also incorporating aspects of the first. The basis of the exploration is described, and supplemented with tangible examples that illustrate the ideas. The focus of the discussion and the design work is on the still-useful objects that are so readily discarded and replaced because they are no longer regarded as useful, or for aesthetic reasons, or because minor technical advancements render these older objects less desirable. The three design explorations included here attempt to offer ways of re-valuing older products, thereby increasing their useful life and, in the process, making some contribution to mitigating the need for and effects of replacement products.
KW - Consumerism
KW - Material culture
KW - Moderation
KW - Novelty
KW - Product design
KW - Sustainability
U2 - 10.2495/RAV060361
DO - 10.2495/RAV060361
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
AN - SCOPUS:36249029224
SN - 1845640489
SN - 9781845640484
VL - 99
SP - 361
EP - 370
BT - Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
PB - WITPress
Y2 - 12 December 2006 through 14 December 2006
ER -