Transformation Design: Perspectives on a New Design Attitude
Jonas Wolfgang
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Hardcover. Transformation design is looking for new ways to change our behavior and society through new forms of innovation, and it has already leaded to a fruitful discourse. The book attempts to form an initial position in terms of this ambitious and ethical design perspective. Editor(s): Jonas, Wolfgang; Von Anshelm, Kristof; Zerwas, Sarah. Series: Board of International Research in Design. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 29 schw.-w. Abb. BIC Classification: AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
“Transformation design” is looking for new ways to change our behavior and society through new forms of innovation. The existing user-oriented approach of design must therefore be extended to one that is society-oriented. The concept of transformation is based on the anthropologist Karl Paul Polanyi and his book The Great Transformation (1944), which described the emergence of the now almost undisputed and globally widespread western market logic: the transformation of societies with markets into market societies, which he calls “dislodgment of the markets”. Meanwhile, leading think tanks are referring to Polanyi. They are calling for a ... Read more
“Transformation design” is looking for new ways to change our behavior and society through new forms of innovation. The existing user-oriented approach of design must therefore be extended to one that is society-oriented. The concept of transformation is based on the anthropologist Karl Paul Polanyi and his book The Great Transformation (1944), which described the emergence of the now almost undisputed and globally widespread western market logic: the transformation of societies with markets into market societies, which he calls “dislodgment of the markets”. Meanwhile, leading think tanks are referring to Polanyi. They are calling for a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
Series
Board of International Research in Design
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, Switzerland
ISBN
9783035606362
SKU
V9783035606362
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About Jonas Wolfgang
Wolfgang Jonas; Sarah Zerwas; Kristof von Anshelm, Braunschweig University of Art.
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