Product design can have a tremendous impact on the world in terms of usability, waste, and resources. In Design Is the Problem, Nathan Shedroff examines how the endemic culture of design often creates unsustainable solutions, and shows how to ensure that design processes lead to more sustainable products and services.
This second edition updates frameworks and tools for designing more sustainably.
Table of Content
CHAPTER 1: What Is Sustainability?
The Business Case for Sustainability
What Is a Systems Perspective?
Diversity and Resiliency
Centralization and Decentralization
Cooperation and Competition
Ecological Vitality
Social Vitality
Financial Vitality
An Ecosystem of Stakeholders
A Careful Balance
CHAPTER 2: How Is Sustainability Measured?
You Get What You Measure
Social Measures
Environmental Measures
Financial Measures
Putting it All Together
CHAPTER 3: How is Sustainability Framed?
Natural Capitalism
Cradle to Cradle
The Natural Step™
Total Beauty
The Living Principles™
The Circular Economy
Ecological Benefits Framework (EBF)
Other Frameworks
Putting Them All Together
CHAPTER 4: What Are the Tools for Sustainability?
Life Cycle Analysis
Biomimicry
Theory of Change
Living Principles Action Kit
Sustainability Scorecard
Stakeholder Analysis
Sustainability Helix
CHAPTER 5: Design for Use
CHAPTER 6: Dematerialization
CHAPTER 7: Substitution
CHAPTER 8: Localization
CHAPTER 9: Transmaterialization
CHAPTER 10: Informationalization
CHAPTER 11: Design for Durability
CHAPTER 12: Design for Reuse
CHAPTER 13: Design for Disassembly
CHAPTER 14: Design for Systems
CHAPTER 15: Design for Restoration
CHAPTER 16: Innovating Solutions
The Strategic Innovation Process
The Strategy Phase
Managing Change
CHAPTER 17: Measuring Results
CHAPTER 18: Declaring Results
CHAPTER 19: Conclusion
APPENDIXES
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