The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture
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The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture
Revised and updated edition
W037149 | $16.95 / 20% library disc.
Victor Papanek. Published by Thames and Hudson Inc., New York. Original edition published in 1995, 2021.
336 pp. Moderately Illustrated (some col.). 20 x 13 cm. LC 2021-935885 In English. Paperback.
ISBN 9780500296196
Whether it’s horror at the plastic littering the world’s beaches or despair at the melting polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative, Papanek argues for design that addresses these issues head-on. This means using materials that can be recycled and reused, no more pointless packaging, thinking about how products make us feel and engage all our senses, putting nature at the heart of design, working at a smaller scale, rejecting aesthetics for their own sake, and thinking before we buy. First published at the end of the twentieth century, this book offered a plethora of honest advice, clear examples, and withering critiques, laying out the flaws of and opportunities for the design world at that time. A quarter of a century on, Papanek’s lucid prose has lost none of its verve, and the problems he highlights have only become more urgent, giving today’s reader both a fascinating historical perspective on the issues at hand and a blueprint for how they might be solved.
Subject Headings: International ; Western Art -- Surveys of Several Periods -- Architecture -- Decorative Arts and Design ; Sustainability --
Revised and updated edition
W037149 | $16.95 / 20% library disc.
Victor Papanek. Published by Thames and Hudson Inc., New York. Original edition published in 1995, 2021.
336 pp. Moderately Illustrated (some col.). 20 x 13 cm. LC 2021-935885 In English. Paperback.
ISBN 9780500296196
Whether it’s horror at the plastic littering the world’s beaches or despair at the melting polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative, Papanek argues for design that addresses these issues head-on. This means using materials that can be recycled and reused, no more pointless packaging, thinking about how products make us feel and engage all our senses, putting nature at the heart of design, working at a smaller scale, rejecting aesthetics for their own sake, and thinking before we buy. First published at the end of the twentieth century, this book offered a plethora of honest advice, clear examples, and withering critiques, laying out the flaws of and opportunities for the design world at that time. A quarter of a century on, Papanek’s lucid prose has lost none of its verve, and the problems he highlights have only become more urgent, giving today’s reader both a fascinating historical perspective on the issues at hand and a blueprint for how they might be solved.
Subject Headings: International ; Western Art -- Surveys of Several Periods -- Architecture -- Decorative Arts and Design ; Sustainability --
