Object Lessons: Enduring Artifacts and Sustainable Solutions.
The article discusses the relationship between sustainability and product design. Many of commercial products go beyond basic utility, to include a multitude of technical features, along with styling and aesthetic considerations. But the vast majority of these products are unsustainable. The author...
| Publicado en: | Design Issues Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 20 - 32 |
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