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Tom Fisher - Designing for Re-Use: The Life of Consumer Packaging - 9781844074884 - V9781844074884
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Designing for Re-Use: The Life of Consumer Packaging

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Description for Designing for Re-Use: The Life of Consumer Packaging Paperback. Packaging is ephemeral - its purpose is to be 'wasted' once we've removed the product it contains. Whilst we are encouraged to 'reduce, re-use and recycle', this title proposes that domestic re-use is the 'Cinderella' of this trinity, because it is under researched and little understood. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs, tables, graphs, references. BIC Classification: AKP; JFFT; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.

Packaging is ephemeral - its purpose is to be 'wasted' once we've removed the product it contains. Whilst we are encouraged to 'reduce, re-use and recycle', Designing for Re-Use proposes that domestic re-use is the 'Cinderella' of this trinity, because it is under researched and little understood.

The re-use of packaging could have a significant effect on the quantity of material that enters the waste stream and the energy and consequently carbon that is expended in its production - every re-used item is another item not purchased. The authors demonstrate that we do re-use - but usually despite, rather ... Read more

The authors itemize the factors that affect the re-use of packaging, and analyse the home as a system in which objects are processed. Some of these factors relate to the specifics of the design, including the type of materials used and the symbolism of the branding. Other factors are more obviously social - for instance the effects on re-use of different consumer orientations. The book provides practical guidance from a design perspective, in the context of real-life examples, to provide professionals with vital design recommendations and evaluate how a practice orientated approach to understanding consumers' behaviour is significant for moving towards sustainability through design.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844074884
SKU
V9781844074884
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Tom Fisher
Tom Fisher is Professor of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. Janet Shipton is Design and Development Director at Chesapeake Corporation.

Reviews for Designing for Re-Use: The Life of Consumer Packaging
'An insightful and important study that highlights the limitations of recycling and a need to appreciate the complexity of human relationships with material artefacts in order to achieve progress towards sustainable consumption.' -Dr Tim Cooper, author of Longer Lasting Solutions (Gower 2010) '[Designing for Re-Use] shows an interesting approach and a different way of thinking about packaging and ... Read more

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