{"product_id":"design-as-democracy-david-de-la-pena-9781610918473","title":"Design as Democracy: Techniques for Collective Creativity","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Environmental Design Research Association's 2018 Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How can we design places that fulfill urgent needs of the community, achieve environmental justice, and inspire long-term stewardship? By bringing community members to the table, we open up the possibility of exchanging ideas meaningfully and transforming places powerfully. Collaboration like this is hands-on democracy in action. It's up close. It's personal. For decades, participatory design practices have helped enliven neighborhoods and promote cultural understanding. Yet, many designers still rely on the same techniques that were developed in the 1950s and 60s. These approaches offer predictability, but hold waning promise for addressing current and future design challenges. \u003ci\u003eDesign as Democracy: Techniques for Collective Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e is written to reinvigorate democratic design, providing inspiration, techniques, and case stories for a wide range of contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edited by six leading practitioners and academics in the field of participatory design, with nearly 50 contributors from around the world, \u003ci\u003eDesign as Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e shows how to design with communities in empowering and effective ways. The flow of the book's nine chapters reflects the general progression of community design process, while also encouraging readers to search for ways that best serve their distinct needs and the culture and geography of diverse places. Each chapter presents a series of techniques around a theme, from approaching the initial stages of a project, to getting to know a community, to provoking political change through strategic thinking. Readers may approach the book as they would a cookbook, with recipes open to improvisation, adaptation, and being created anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesign as Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh insights for creating meaningful dialogue between designers and communities and for transforming places with justice and democracy in mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David de La Pena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1610918479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610918473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.00w x 0.70d","brand":"David de La Pena","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088643141887,"sku":"9781610918473","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4534b162-09f7-4908-87d7-4c35a9f1116e.jpg?v=1769105880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/design-as-democracy-david-de-la-pena-9781610918473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}