Friday, May 23, 2008

Essay Update: more bibliography

After receiving my marked draft essay I have started further research into certain points to strengthen my essay . I need to focus on these subjects:

End phase, end – use cycles is my topic.

How designers input has changed over time

Try to make a theoretical argument about my evidence.

Focus on the designer’s, make it a main point of my essay and about the life cycle and the theory

Find specific areas where concepts of sustainability have changed and why.

I also need to learn how to reference properly

Condense my facts and statistics


This is my continued bibliography, trying to look at more books:

How today's successful companies innovate by design, John Thackara.TS171.4 T363 W

IMAGING SUSTAINABILITY Helen Lewis and Chris Ryan NA2542.36 I318

Deep design pathways to a livable future David Wann TS171.4 W249 D

Green design Paul Burall.HF5415.153B945G includes brief parts of all topics about green one of is the product life cycle more such as, materials, ethics, energy. Should be really helpful.

Materials matter Kenneth Geiser Ta403.6 G313 M

Saving our planet gF75 S267 1992

The nature of design David W Orr GF75 )75 N

Pure design Julien Martinez TS171.6 C164 P doesn’t have much to do with my essay topic just a cool book that might come in handy later

Imaging sustainability bringing a sustainable existence into vision is a critical, urgent and exciting task, one that will redefine the importance and the role of a designer.

Sustainability is not an endpoint that can be defined or imaged, rather it is a process. We prefer to talk about sustain – ability. The ability to sustain the things and processes which can in turn sustain. This is deliberately circular and open ended because that which needs to be sustained is nether fixed nor constant.

Origins and consequences. We are responsible.

Designers are aiming for a product to delver its service without side effects while giving total satisfaction.

Deep designers imagine and then move toward designs that are steady state and sustainability like a climax Eco system. They design hydrogen powered cars, rooftop gardens in low income neighbour hoods and closed loop waste water.

Repairable, easy to dissemble and understand, recyclable, non toxic available to more than the elite and and conductive to the good health of humans and habitat.

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