Architecture & design versus consumerism how design activism confronts growth
Ann Thorpe.
- Abingdon, Oxon New York Earthscan 2012.
- xiii, 242 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Design activism, movement society and a post-growth scenario -- 2. Design in the shadow of the rise and fall of growth -- 3. Design activism confronting economic growth -- 4. From here to there, sketching a sustainable economy -- 5. Picking up moves from social movements -- 6. Political power on a budget -- 7. Speculating on the steady state scenario -- 8. Conclusion.
9781849713566
Design--Social aspects. Social action Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects. Architecture and society.