Design for Sustainability A Multi-level Framework from Products to Socio-technical Systems | Environment & Sustainability

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This book discusses the most significant ways in which design has been applied to sustainability challenges using an evolutionary perspective. It puts forward an innovation framework that is capable of coherently integrating multiple design for sustainability (Df S) approaches developed so far.It is now widely understood that design can and must play a crucial role in the societal transformations towards sustainability. Design can in fact act as a catalyst to trigger and support innovation and can help to shape the world at different levels: from materials to products product–service systems social organisations and socio-technical systems. This book offers a unique perspective on how Df S …