Design roots : culturally significant designs, products and practices /

Design roots : culturally significant designs, products and practices / edited by Stuart Walker, Martyn Evans, Tom Cassidy, Jeyon Jung, and Amy Twigger Holroyd. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices -- Editorial Introduction / Creative Ecologies / Forging New Futures / Culturally Significant Artifacts and their Relationship to Tradition and Sustainability / Making and its Cultural Ecological Foundations / Authenticity and Tradition in Material Culture -- Editorial Introduction / Aran Jumper / Chok Weaving and Textile Enterprises / Oltu-stone Prayer Beads / Mian-Sara / IKEA / Revitalization by Design -- Editorial Introduction / Culture as a Resource for a Sustainable Future in Indigenous Communities / Transforming Tradition in Indonesia / New Translations of South Korean Patterns / Revitalization by Design / New Caribbean Design / Enterprise, Policy and Education for Positive Development -- Editorial Introduction / Sustaining Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices / Accidents, Intentions, Movements, and Makers / Role of Higher Education in Sustaining Culturally Significant Crafts in Estonia / Challenge of Intellectual Property Rights for Culturally Significant Patterns, Products, and Processes / Case of the City Different / Design Futures -- Editorial Introduction / Research Approaches for Culturally Significant Design / Digital Transformations, Amateur Making, and the Revitalization of Traditional Textile Crafts / Design for Social Innovators / Integrated Scales of Design and Production for Sustainability with a Focus on Graduate Design Work in Lighting / Designing Authentic Brands / Strategies for Revitalization of Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices / Martyn Evans -- Stuart Walker -- Amy Twigger Holroyd -- Stuart Walker -- Patrick Dillon -- Amy Twigger Holroyd -- Siun Garden -- Disaya Chudasri -- Hazal Gumus Ciftci -- Stuart Walker -- Sara Kristoffersson -- Tom Cassidy -- Caoimhe Is ha Beaule -- Adhi Nugraha -- Meong Jin Shin -- Sebastian Cox -- Patty Johnson -- Jeyon Jung -- Jacques Giard -- Charles Heying -- Sirpa Kokko -- Tracy Diane Cassidy -- Marsha C. Bol -- Martyn Evans -- Tom Cassidy -- Amy Twigger Holroyd -- Daniela Selloni -- Cagla Dogan -- Emma Murphy -- Jeyon Jung. Machine generated contents note: pt. I 1. 2. 3. 4. pt. II 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. pt. III 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. pt. IV 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. pt. V 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

"Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to particular communities through making tradition and a sense of place. This book considers the creative roots, the place-based ecologies, and deep understandings of cultural significance, not only in terms of history and tradition but also in terms of locale, social interactions, innovation, and change for the sustainment of culturally significant material productions. Contributing authors explore the historical roots of culturally significant designs, products and practices, emerging directions, amateur endeavours, enterprise models, business opportunities and the changing role and contribution of design in the creation of material cultures of significance, meaning and value. An international perspective is provided through case studies and research from North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia, with examples including Aran jumper production in Northern Ireland, weaving in Thailand, Iranian housing design, Brazilian street design and digital crafting in the United Kingdom."--

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Product design--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable design.
Material culture.
Conception de produit--Aspect de l'environnement.
Écoconception.
Culture matérielle.
sustainable architecture.
material culture (discipline)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design.
Product design.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Organizational Behavior.
Material culture.
Sustainable design.


Electronic books.
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