Anti-Trend: Resilient Design and the Art of Sustainable Living

Anti-trend explores resilient, anti-trendy living and design as viable alternatives to consumerism, encouraging designers and consumers to take responsibility for overproduction and overconsumption and alter unsustainable production and behavioral patterns. It is characterized by authenticity and meaningfulness, with a focus on reduction of consumption and long-term usage of things.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 04 January 2022
Publisher: Oro Editions

Anti-trend delves into resilient and anti-trendy lifestyles and designs as viable alternatives to the relentless pursuit of consumerism. Its overarching goal is to inspire designers and consumers to take responsibility for overproduction and overconsumption, and to shift unsustainable production and behavioral patterns. The anti-trendy design object is intentionally crafted to be utilized, nourishing the user aesthetically on a long-term or short-term basis. It possesses a sense of vitality, evolving in harmony with human life, either through adaptability or decay. This object fosters a life worth sustaining, one that encompasses wholesome rhythms, meaningful challenges, and a reliance on consumption for pleasure.

Anti-trend living is a natural, fulfilling, and sustainable way of life. While it may manifest in various forms, it is distinguished by authenticity and purpose. Central to anti-trendy living is the reduction of consumption and the adoption of long-term usage of things. This entails mending, caring, and possibly sharing, emphasizing the importance of responsible stewardship.

Through an analysis of resilience and sustainability, both in life and in design objects, the themes of the book unfold. These include intuition and anti-trend research, a life worth sustaining, existentialist despair, raw and resilient aesthetics, sustainable storytelling, legitimizations for designing products in a world with too many things, democratic sustainability, craft innovation, civil disobedience, and collaborative consumption.

By embracing anti-trend principles, designers and consumers can contribute to a more sustainable and fulfilling future. It is a call to action to reject the pressures of consumerism and embrace a more mindful and responsible approach to consumption and production. Through the exploration of resilient and anti-trendy lifestyles and designs, Anti-trend offers a roadmap for a more sustainable and fulfilling existence.

Weight: 750g
Dimension: 178 x 233 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781954081055