As a guide and reference text, Product Design and Sustainability provides design students, practitioners and educators with the breadth and depth needed to inte

This book outlines the process of sustainable product design and development. It presents design guidelines that help prolong the life of a product and minimize

Why do we readily dispose of some things, whereas we keep and maintain others for years, despite their obvious wear and tear? Can a greater understanding of aes

This volume is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the developmen

As a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us – for better or