Sustainable Thinking: Ethical Approaches to Design and Design Management (Required Reading Range, 34)

by: Aaris Sherin (Author)

Publisher: Fairchild Books

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2013/8/20

Language: English

Print Length: 192 pages

ISBN-10: 2940496048

ISBN-13: 9782940496044

Book Description

Sustainable Thinking explores how values and sustainability can reshape the way design management is practised and applied. The book discusses how designers can combine innovative creative thinking with analytical problem-solving skills to produce outputs that are business ready and ethically driven.Examples from a wide range of practitioners who work within the field of sustainable design are examined through case studies, and engaging activities suggest ways for students and practitioners to explore introducing sustainable thinking into their work.

About the Author

Sustainable Thinking explores how values and sustainability can reshape the way design management is practised and applied. The book discusses how designers can combine innovative creative thinking with analytical problem-solving skills to produce outputs that are business ready and ethically driven.Examples from a wide range of practitioners who work within the field of sustainable design are examined through case studies, and engaging activities suggest ways for students and practitioners to explore introducing sustainable thinking into their work.