Designing for Society: Products and Services for a Better World

Designing for Society provides a hands-on tool for design professionals and students to use design to counteract social issues, going beyond the current trend of applying design thinking to enhancing public services and the idea of the designer as a facilitator of localised social change.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 27 December 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Our interconnected world is grappling with unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These issues transcend national borders, requiring a comprehensive understanding of complex socio-technical systems that shape our daily lives. From terrorism and climate change to immigration, cybercrime, and poverty, these problems demand innovative solutions that go beyond traditional approaches. Recognizing the need for significant lifestyle adaptations, we must embrace interventions that enable us to adopt behaviors that lead to a more sustainable and ethically just future. In their book, "Designing for Society," Nynke Tromp and Paul Hekkert offer a practical guide for design professionals and students seeking to leverage design to address social challenges. They view the artifact as a powerful tool for facilitating behavioral change and achieving social impact, going beyond the current trend of applying design thinking to enhance public services and the notion of the designer as a local social change facilitator.

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 190 x 245 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472567987