Jonathan Chapman

Emotionally Durable Design

Objects, Experiences and Empathy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Emotionally Durable Design asks `Why do we discard products that still work?¿ In this second edition, featuring illustrated product examples, a running glossary and pull-out quotes, Chapman frames an alternative genre of design that increases the durability of relationships between people and things.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780415732161
• ISBN-10: 0415732166
• Artikelnr.: 41608339

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Chapman is Professor of Sustainable Design at the University of Brighton, UK. His research into product life extension has advanced design and business thinking in a range of settings, from Sony, Puma and Philips to the House of Lords and the UN.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. The Progress Illusion 2.
Consumer Motivation 3. Attachments with Objects 4. Authors of Experience 5.
Sustaining Narrative 6. De-fictioning Utopia 7. Real World Feasibility
References. Index