Social Design Reader

The Social Design Reader explores how design can drive social change, featuring key texts from the last fifty years. It covers the emergence of socially responsible design and includes sections on making a stand, creating the future, and a sea change. Contextualising section introductions and summary boxes help readers understand the material.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 11 July 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Social Design Reader delves into the transformative potential of design in addressing social issues. Edited by Elizabeth Resnick, this comprehensive volume traces the evolution of socially responsible design over the past fifty years. It presents authentic perspectives from thinkers, writers, and designers who are shaping the discipline's canon of informed literature. The book is organized into three sections: "Making a Stand," "Creating the Future," and "A Sea Change." Section 1 introduces the concept of social design and explores its historical roots. Section 2 documents the emergence of social design as a concept, a field of study, and a rapidly developing professional discipline. Section 3 acknowledges social design as a firmly established practice. Contextualizing section introductions help readers understand the original source material, while summary boxes clarify how each text fits into the broader landscape of social design theory, methods, and practice. The Social Design Reader offers a valuable resource for students, professionals, and anyone interested in using design as a force for positive change in society.

Weight: 1058g
Dimension: 243 x 185 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350026056