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Design for Sustainability: A Practical Approach (Design for Social Responsibility) by Tracy Bhamra and Vicky Lofthouse is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"Design for Sustainability" is a practical approach to design which focuses on the challenges and issues faced by those designing consumer products in the 21st Century. It is written from a design perspective and aimed at both professional and student industrial and product designers, and those involved in managing design.The book begins by summarising the historical and current issues of the environmental debate in the context of sustainable product development, highlighting the benefits gained from considering the impact on the environment and issues of sustainability when designing. The authors answer the questions: What is sustainable product development and why is it important? What are the main drivers of sustainable product development? They explain how design can help to control human impact on the environment by not only minimising pollution, waste, energy use and use of scarce resources, but also by thinking outside the box to create systems and services that can reduce the number of products manufactured. The aim is to put sustainable development within a commercial context and introduce a new focus for design." Design for Sustainability" outlines and assesses the metho
Who reads Design for Sustainability: A Practical Approach (Design for Social Responsibility)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tracy Bhamra and Vicky Lofthouse
- Publisher
- Gower; Ashgate Pub.
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780754687757
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Management, Crafts & Hobbies, Technology
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