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Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher

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"Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thriving cities--why not design one? Fisher shows how the principles of design apply to services and systems that seem to evolve naturally, systems whose failures sometimes seem as arbitrary and inevitable as the weather. But the "invisible" systems we depend on for our daily lives (in education, politics, economics, and public health) are designed every bit as much as the products we buy and the environments we inhabit--and are just as susceptible to creative reimagining.Designing Our Way to a Better World challenges the assumptions that have led to so much poor performance in the public and private realms: that our schools cannot teach creativity, that our governments cannot predict the disasters that befall us, that our health system will protect us from pandemics, that our politics will remain polarized, that our economy cannot avoid inequality, and that our industry cannot help but pollute the environment. Targeting these assumptions, Fisher's approach reveals the power of design to synthesize our knowledge about the world into greater wholes. In doing so, this book opens up possible futures--and better futures--than the unsustainable and inequitable one we now face. "--
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eng
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1 online resource.
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Invisible Systems
  • 1. The Design of the Invisible
  • 2. Design Thinking
  • 3. The Logic of Creativity
  • Part II. Education
  • 4. Creative Education
  • 5. Schools and Communities
  • 6. Reconstructing Design Education
  • Part III. Infrastructure
  • 7. Fracture-Critical Failures
  • 8. Over-Extended Infrastructure
  • 9. Designed Disasters
  • Part IV. The Public Realm
  • 10. The Infrastructure of Health
  • 11. Healthy Landscapes
  • 12. Viral Cities
  • Part V. Politics
  • 13. Designer Politics
  • 14. The Politics of No
  • 15. Politics: Right and Wrong
  • Part VI. Economics
  • 16. An Opposable Economy
  • 17. A Third Industrial Revolution
  • 18. Meta-design
  • Part VII. Beliefs
  • 19. Community Resiliency
  • 20. Evolutionary Transformation
  • 21. Spatializing Knowledge
  • Postscript: A Past and Possible Future
  • Notes
  • Index
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9781452951621
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Designing our way to a better world
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Designing our way to a better world
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Thomas Fisher
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Language
eng
Summary
"Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thriving cities--why not design one? Fisher shows how the principles of design apply to services and systems that seem to evolve naturally, systems whose failures sometimes seem as arbitrary and inevitable as the weather. But the "invisible" systems we depend on for our daily lives (in education, politics, economics, and public health) are designed every bit as much as the products we buy and the environments we inhabit--and are just as susceptible to creative reimagining.Designing Our Way to a Better World challenges the assumptions that have led to so much poor performance in the public and private realms: that our schools cannot teach creativity, that our governments cannot predict the disasters that befall us, that our health system will protect us from pandemics, that our politics will remain polarized, that our economy cannot avoid inequality, and that our industry cannot help but pollute the environment. Targeting these assumptions, Fisher's approach reveals the power of design to synthesize our knowledge about the world into greater wholes. In doing so, this book opens up possible futures--and better futures--than the unsustainable and inequitable one we now face. "--
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1953-
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Fisher, Thomas
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
NK1520
LC item number
.F565 2016eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Design
  • Quality of life
  • Social systems
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • Design
  • Quality of life
  • Social systems
  • ART / Folk & Outsider Art
  • CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Folkcrafts
  • ARCHITECTURE / Criticism
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Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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rdacontent
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Invisible Systems -- 1. The Design of the Invisible -- 2. Design Thinking -- 3. The Logic of Creativity -- Part II. Education -- 4. Creative Education -- 5. Schools and Communities -- 6. Reconstructing Design Education -- Part III. Infrastructure -- 7. Fracture-Critical Failures -- 8. Over-Extended Infrastructure -- 9. Designed Disasters -- Part IV. The Public Realm -- 10. The Infrastructure of Health -- 11. Healthy Landscapes -- 12. Viral Cities -- Part V. Politics -- 13. Designer Politics -- 14. The Politics of No -- 15. Politics: Right and Wrong -- Part VI. Economics -- 16. An Opposable Economy -- 17. A Third Industrial Revolution -- 18. Meta-design -- Part VII. Beliefs -- 19. Community Resiliency -- 20. Evolutionary Transformation -- 21. Spatializing Knowledge -- Postscript: A Past and Possible Future -- Notes -- Index
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9781452951621
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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not applicable
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Specific material designation
remote
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22573/ctt1c0nwvf
System control number
  • (OCoLC)949276361
  • (OCoLC)ocn949276361
Label
Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Invisible Systems -- 1. The Design of the Invisible -- 2. Design Thinking -- 3. The Logic of Creativity -- Part II. Education -- 4. Creative Education -- 5. Schools and Communities -- 6. Reconstructing Design Education -- Part III. Infrastructure -- 7. Fracture-Critical Failures -- 8. Over-Extended Infrastructure -- 9. Designed Disasters -- Part IV. The Public Realm -- 10. The Infrastructure of Health -- 11. Healthy Landscapes -- 12. Viral Cities -- Part V. Politics -- 13. Designer Politics -- 14. The Politics of No -- 15. Politics: Right and Wrong -- Part VI. Economics -- 16. An Opposable Economy -- 17. A Third Industrial Revolution -- 18. Meta-design -- Part VII. Beliefs -- 19. Community Resiliency -- 20. Evolutionary Transformation -- 21. Spatializing Knowledge -- Postscript: A Past and Possible Future -- Notes -- Index
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781452951621
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
22573/ctt1c0nwvf
System control number
  • (OCoLC)949276361
  • (OCoLC)ocn949276361

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