Design and the social imagination /
DelSesto, Matthew,
Design and the social imagination / Matthew DelSesto. - xvi, 222 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - Designing in dark times .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Fueling Our Social Imagination -- 2. Thinking Like a Region -- 3. Research as Hospitality and Solidarity -- 4. From Consciousness to Cooperation -- 5. The Choreography of Beautiful Action -- Index.
"Matthew DelSesto provides a compelling blueprint for a design practice that enables us to address the social, political and environmental challenges of today. By combining the creative, action-oriented sensibility of design with the reflective, analytical capacities of the social sciences, DelSesto offers models, ideas and strategies for shaping the future. Drawing on the work of C. Wright Mills, Patrick Geddes, Jane Addams and W. E. B. Du Bois, and exploring professional practices and discourses in a wide range of design fields, this book shows us how design and the social sciences can interact in a more productive way"--
9781350242944 9781350242951
2022017953
Design--Social aspects.
NK1520 / .D4543 2022
745.4 DEL / 021294
Design and the social imagination / Matthew DelSesto. - xvi, 222 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - Designing in dark times .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Fueling Our Social Imagination -- 2. Thinking Like a Region -- 3. Research as Hospitality and Solidarity -- 4. From Consciousness to Cooperation -- 5. The Choreography of Beautiful Action -- Index.
"Matthew DelSesto provides a compelling blueprint for a design practice that enables us to address the social, political and environmental challenges of today. By combining the creative, action-oriented sensibility of design with the reflective, analytical capacities of the social sciences, DelSesto offers models, ideas and strategies for shaping the future. Drawing on the work of C. Wright Mills, Patrick Geddes, Jane Addams and W. E. B. Du Bois, and exploring professional practices and discourses in a wide range of design fields, this book shows us how design and the social sciences can interact in a more productive way"--
9781350242944 9781350242951
2022017953
Design--Social aspects.
NK1520 / .D4543 2022
745.4 DEL / 021294