{"product_id":"design-beyond-the-human-elio-caccavale-9781350338067","title":"Design Beyond the Human: Transdisciplinary Conversations about the Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can design shine a light on humanity's relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants, now and in the future?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Global challenges like climate change and ecosystem degradation are proving that a singular disciplinary approach is inadequate to respond to issues where societal behaviours, individual choices, political decisions, economic, technological and scientific developments are so densely entangled - not least in design. But what happens when we turn things around and decentre \"the human\" to look at our relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants beyond the capitalist human-nature binary worldview? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eDesign Beyond the Human\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays by international scholars, designers and engaged citizens traversing activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environmental humanities, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology and technology. Divided into three sections - \u003ci\u003eWe Are Not Alone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Design Beyond the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMediating Human-Non-Human Relations Through Design\u003c\/i\u003e - the text generates conversations capable of thinking about life on planet Earth, challenging the Anglo-European anthropocentric conceptualisation of design that dominates practice, education, and academic discourse. Each section is unique: charting the transdisciplinary cultural perspective that is required to comprehend our predicament, the critique of human-centred design and its interdependence with capitalism, and the nascent practices and projects that are attempting to reconcile humanity's possible relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book offers the reader an opportunity to engage with expertise, knowledge, methodologies and lived experiences from across disciplines shaped by shared concerns and provides an opportunity to question if design in a\u003ci\u003e more-than-human \u003c\/i\u003eway might reimagine design's relationship to capitalism and contemporary lifestyles. Will our planetary future be merely an ecologically aware version of today, or, in going \u003ci\u003ebeyond the human\u003c\/i\u003e, might we develop a transdisciplinary perspective capable of imagining an alternative vision of life on Earth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elio Caccavale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350338060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350338067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Elio Caccavale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48216771789055,"sku":"9781350338067","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72102142-6866-4044-a929-fd9e578c3c36.jpg?v=1771993247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/design-beyond-the-human-elio-caccavale-9781350338067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}