In today's unsustainable world of goods, where products are desired, purchased, briefly
used and then promptly landfilled to make way for more, consumption and waste are rapidly …

Design Essays, we are not looking for mass answers, but instead, a mass of answers3. This
pluralistic approach leads us toward a more nuanced sustainable design culture, in which …

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 aesthetic value lead to …

This paper describes our ongoing research about what it takes to design things that can be
ensouled or can achieve heirloom status as a matter related to sustainable design. This …

Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design
Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design …

What is the relationship between design, sustainability, inner values and spirituality? How
can we create designs that provide a convincing alternative to unsustainable interpretations …

How posthumanist design enables a world in which humans share center stage with
nonhumans, with whom we are entangled. Over the past forty years, designers have …

H ow we emotionally experience things in our lives is becoming a topic of increasing
importance in design, from the way it is practised in industry to the way it is taught in schools …

In this contribution we discuss the value of empathic experience as a result to achieve
through design driven solutions. Following a phenomenological framework, we draw …

Imagine you are moving to a new city. What emotions would you experience? You might feel
sad about leaving your family and friends. At the same time, you might also feel hopeful …