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Design, lifestyles and sustainability. Aesthetic consumption in a world of abundance

✍ Scribed by Peter Dobers; Lars Strannegård

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
99 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0964-4733

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper strives for a conceptualization of sustainability, design and contemporary consumption. By sketching out how effective production systems have created an abundance of products, the paper links this development to the aestheticization of society and an increased interest in design. In market economies characterized by profusion, corporations engage in activities filling their offerings with aura, aesthetics, symbols and meaning. In such lands of plenty, conspicuous consumption becomes a thoroughly expressive activity and highly problematic for actors with ambitions to design a sustainable future. Our conclusion is that sustainability must ultimately be seen as intertwined with social processes such as fashion, identity and identity construction. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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