Ebook: Longer lasting products: alternatives to the throwaway society
Author: Tim Cooper (editor)
Few of today's products will last longer than those of an earlier era. Indeed, some blame producers of planning obsolescence into their products. Despite this, consumers are at the very least compliant; meaning the current throughput of materials and energy in industrialised economies is unsustainable.In this provocative book the creation of product durability and the design of longer-lasting solutions emerge as an Read more...
Content: The significance of product longevity / Tim Cooper --
Re-evaluating obsolescence and planning for it / Brian Burns --
Subject/object relationships and emotionally durable design / Jonathan Chapman --
Defying obsolescence / Miles Park --
Understanding replacement behaviour and exploring design solutions / Nicole van Nes --
Adjusting our metabolism: slowness and nourishing rituals of delay in anticipation of a post-consumer age / Alistair Fuad-Luke --
Durability, function and performance / Walter Stahel --
Durability and the law / Cowan Ervine --
The law on guarantees and repair work / Christian Twigg-Flesner --
Policies on longevity / Tim Cooper --
Rethinking marketing / Ken Peattie --
Marketing durability / Tim Cooper and Kirsty Christer --
Can durability provide a strong marketing platform? / Dorothy Mackenzie, Tim Cooper and Kenisha Garnett --
Consumer influences on product life-spans / Siân Evans and Tim Cooper --
Product life cycle management through IT / Matthew Simon --
There are times and places: systems and practices in the domestic processing and reuse of packaging / Janet Shipton and Tom Fisher --
Extending product life-spans: household furniture and appliance reuse in the UK / Anthony Curran.
Abstract:
In this provocative book, the creation of product durability and the design of longer-lasting products emerge as an absolutely vital element in the pursuit of sustainability. Its multi-disciplinary Read more...
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