temporal objects—design, change and sustainability颞objects-design,变化和可持续性.pdf

Sustainability 2010, 2, 812-832; doi:10.3390/su2030812 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Article Temporal Objects—Design, Change and Sustainability Stuart Walker Imagination Lancaster, The Roundhouse, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK; E-Mail: s.walker@lancaster.ac.uk; Tel.: +44-1524-6592982 Fax: +44-1524-594900. Received: 3 February 2010; in revised form: 4 March 2010 / Accepted: 11 March 2010 / Published: 17 March 2010 Abstract: In this paper, design for change is explored as a means of contributing to socio-economic equity while minimising environmental damage. To create a material culture capable of accommodating technological progress and aesthetic development while also adhering to the principles of sustainability, it becomes important to recognise the potential role of design for change. This theme is explored here by considering design within an integrated strategy that includes mass- and local-scale manufacturing, service provision and re-manufacture. General design objectives are developed that provide a basis for generating ‘critical design’ concepts. Engagement in the process of designing requires a transmutation from generalisations to specific design decisions. This process enriches our understandings of design for change and the concepts presented here articulate the ideas via form, function, materials and aesthetics. In doing so, they pr