Main entry:

Fallan, Kjetil, author.

Title & Author:

Ecological by design : a history from Scandinavia / Kjetil Fallan.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Description:

viii, 354 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336) and index.
Introduction -- Disposable Design: From Throwawayism to Environmentalism -- Norwegian Wood: Material Systems of Thought -- We Are the World: Ecological Design for Development -- Demo! The Eco-Politics of Design Activism -- Deep Green: Philosophical Tools -- Turbulent Times: Alternative Energy from Experiment to Enterprise -- Coda: Aspen Comes to Scandinavia.

Summary:

"First study to showcase the roots of ecological design in Scandinavia, arguing for the inherently connected and global nature of the environmental crisis and modern design culture, its confrontations with consumption-capitalism and the activism driving its reform"--

ISBN:

9780262047135 hardcover
0262047136 hardcover

Subject:

Sustainable design History 20th century.
Design Scandinavia History 20th century.
Environmentalism History 20th century.
Design Scandinavie Histoire 20e siècle.
Environnementalisme Histoire 20e siècle.
Écoconception Histoire 20e siècle.
DESIGN / Decorative Arts.
Design
Environmentalism
Sustainable design
Scandinavia

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316723
Call No.: 316723
Copy: 1
Status: Available