Contents 4
Introduction 6
About the authors 8
How to get the most out of this book 10
Part I : From design to design thinking to design activism 12
Chapter 1 : Design is to design a design to produce a design 14
1.1 Design as a field 16
1.2 Design as an action or process 18
1.3 Design as a concept or proposal 20
1.4 Design as an outcome 22
1.5 Design is an attitude not a profession 24
1.6 Design innovation and the innovation of design 32
Chapter 2 : Design thinking 34
2.1 Societal challenges are design challenges 36
2.2 From problem-solving to problem -setting 38
2.3 Service design: maybe we don't need a product? 42
2.4 Participatory design: from designing for to designing with 46
2.5 Open source design 50
2.6 :There's nothing new about design thinking? 54
Chapter 3 : Design activism 56
3.1 Design activism 58
3.2 Activism through design 62
3.3 Design altruism 66
Chapter 4 : The ‘S’ word 76
4.1 What do we want to sustain? 78
4.2 Models of sustainability 80
4.3 Measuring sustainability 84
4.4 Sustainability is not about single issues 90
4.5 Types of capital in sustainable development 92
4.6 Should we use the 'S' word? 96
Part Ill : Design for sustainable change 100
Chapter 5 : Sustainability and design 102
5.1 Green design: a single-issues approach 104
5.2 Ecodesign: life-Cycle thinking 106
5.3 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and design 112
5.4 Design for sustainability: radical innovations 114
Chapter 6 : Design for sustainable living 118
6.1 Designing sustainable behaviour 120
6.2 Designing sustainable systems 122
6.3 Designing sustainable lifestyles 124
6.4 Designing sustainable cities 134
6.5 Designing sustainable regions 138
Chapter 7 : Design for development Bibliography 142
7.1 Designing against inequality 144
7.2 Designing for needs, not wants 146
7.3 Approaches to designing for development 148
Conclusion 166
Bibliography 168
Further resources 170
Index 174
Picture credits 178
Thanks 180
Working with ethics 181