Reintroducing Materials for Sustainable Design: Design Process and Educational Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367625191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 14 str.

Mette Bak-Andersen

Opis

This book provides instrumental theory and practical guidance to bring materials back into a central role in the design process and education. It reinforces the key role and responsibility of designers and encourages designers to take back control over the ideation and manufacturing process.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Sustainability and making  2. Materials in design education  3. The material dialogue in craft  4. Reintroducing materials into a contemporary design process  5. Implications for design education  6. Sustainable design: knowing how  Index

O autorze

Mette Bak-Andersen is a Danish designer and researcher. She was educated as a designer in Barcelona and holds a PhD from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design. Since 2008 she has explored ways to bring back materials into the design process, both in her design practice and in educational projects with design students, as well as in her doctoral research. In 2013 she founded the Material Design Lab at Copenhagen School of Design and Technology, which she directed until 2018.