| Design as Politics Contributor(s): Fry, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847885683 ISBN-13: 9781847885685 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | History & Criticism - Political Science | Globalization - Design | Essays |
| Dewey: 745.2 |
| LCCN: 2010036952 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 7.6" (1.1 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Design as Politics confronts the inadequacy of contemporary politics to deal with unsustainability. Current 'solutions' to unsustainability are analysed as utterly insufficient for dealing with the problems but, further than this, the book questions the very ability of democracy to deliver a sustainable future. Design as Politics argues that finding solutions to this problem, of which climate change is only one part, demands original and radical thinking. Rather than reverting to failed political ideologies, the book proposes a post-democratic politics. In this, Design occupies a major role, not as it is but as it could be if transformed into a powerful agent of change, a force to create and extend freedom. The book does no less than position Design as a vital form of political action. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fry, Tony: - Tony Fry is Director of the sustainment consultancy Team D/E/S and Professor of Design, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art. He is also author of Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practice (Berg, 2008) and Design as Politics (Berg, 2010). |