(Design for Social Responsibility) 1st Edition
by Ann Petermans (Editor), Rebecca Cain (Editor)
Design for Wellbeing
charts the development and application of design research to improve the
personal and societal wellbeing and happiness of people. It draws
together contributions from internationally leading academics and
designers to demonstrate the latest thinking and research on the design
of products, technologies, environments, services and experiences for
wellbeing.
Part I starts by conceptualising wellbeing and takes
an in-depth look at the rise of the design for wellbeing movement. Part
II then goes on to demonstrate design for wellbeing in practice through a
broad range of domains from products and environments to services.
Among others, we see emerging trends in the design of interiors and
urban spaces to support wellbeing, designing to enable and support
connectedness and social interaction, and designing for behaviour change
to tackle unhealthy eating behaviour in children. Significantly, the
body of work on subjective wellbeing, design for happiness, is
increasing, and several case studies are provided on this, demonstrating
how design can contribute to support the wellbeing of people. Part III
provides practical guidance for designing for wellbeing through a range
of examples of tools, methods and approaches, which are highly
user-centric, participatory, critical and speculative. Finally, the book
concludes in Part IV with a look at future challenges for design for
wellbeing.
This book provides students, researchers and
practitioners with a detailed assessment of design for wellbeing, taking
a distinctive global approach to design practice and theory in context.
Design for Wellbeing concerns designers and organisations but also defines its broader contribution to society, culture and economy.
