Emotionally durable design: objects, experiences, and empathy. Jonathan Chapman

By:

Chapman, Jonathan

Language: English Publication details: Routledge 2015 OxonEdition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 207pISBN:

9780415732154

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DDC classification:

745.2019 CHA-E

Summary: Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design field's established focus on energy and materials, to engage the underlying psychological phenomena that shape patterns of consumption and waste. In fluid and accessible writing, the author asks: why do we discard products that still work? He then moves forward to define strategies for the design of products that people want to keep for longer. Along the way we are introduced to over twenty examples of emotional durability in smart phones, shoes, chairs, clocks, teacups, toasters, boats and other material experiences.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB L-1	Non Fiction	745.2019 CHA-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Rec. by Sukanta Majumdar	010949

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Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design field's established focus on energy and materials, to engage the underlying psychological phenomena that shape patterns of consumption and waste. In fluid and accessible writing, the author asks: why do we discard products that still work? He then moves forward to define strategies for the design of products that people want to keep for longer. Along the way we are introduced to over twenty examples of emotional durability in smart phones, shoes, chairs, clocks, teacups, toasters, boats and other material experiences.

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