{"product_id":"design-for-life-stuart-walker-9781138232464","title":"Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World","description":"\u003cp\u003eStuart Walker's design work has been described as life-changing, inspiring, disturbing and ferocious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an extraordinarily diverse range of sources and informed by creative practice, \u003ci\u003eDesign for Life\u003c\/i\u003e penetrates to the heart of modern culture and the malaise that underlies today's moral and environmental crises. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that this malaise is deep-seated and fundamental to the modern outlook. He shows how our preoccupation with technological progress, growth and the future has produced a constricted view of life - one that is both destructive and self-reinforcing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on over twenty-five years of scholarship and creative practice, he demonstrates the vital importance of solitude, contemplation, inner growth and the present moment in developing a different course - one that looks squarely at our current, precarious situation while offering a positive, hopeful way forward - a way that is compassionate, context-based, human scale, ethically motivated and critically creative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign for Life is an intensely original contribution that will be essential reading for design practitioners and students. Written in a clear, accessible style, it will also appeal to a broader readership, especially anyone who is concerned with contemporary society's rising inequalities and environmental failings and is looking for a more constructive, balanced and thoughtful direction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138232467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138232464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Stuart Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087713644799,"sku":"9781138232464","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ee21847-30a1-473e-baed-31d934cb4803.jpg?v=1769100987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/design-for-life-stuart-walker-9781138232464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}