The Resource Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher
Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher
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The item Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thriving cities--why not design one? Fisher shows how the principles of design apply to services and systems that seem to evolve naturally, systems whose failures sometimes seem as arbitrary and inevitable as the weather. But the "invisible" systems we depend on for our daily lives (in education, politics, economics, and public health) are designed every bit as much as the products we buy and the environments we inhabit--and are just as susceptible to creative reimagining. Designing Our Way to a Better World challenges the assumptions that have led to so much poor performance in the public and private realms: that our schools cannot teach creativity, that our governments cannot predict the disasters that befall us, that our health system will protect us from pandemics, that our politics will remain polarized, that our economy cannot avoid inequality, and that our industry cannot help but pollute the environment. Targeting these assumptions, Fisher's approach reveals the power of design to synthesize our knowledge about the world into greater wholes. In doing so, this book opens up possible futures--and better futures--than the unsustainable and inequitable one we now face."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Part I. Invisible Systems
- 1. The Design of the Invisible
- 2. Design Thinking
- 3. The Logic of Creativity
- Part II. Education
- 4. Creative Education
- 5. Schools and Communities
- 6. Reconstructing Design Education
- Part III. Infrastructure
- 7. Fracture-Critical Failures
- 8. Over-Extended Infrastructure
- 9. Designed Disasters
- Part IV. Public Health
- 10. The Infrastructure of Health
- 11. Healthy Landscapes
- 12. Viral Cities
- Part V. Politics
- 13. Designer Politics
- 14. The Politics of No
- 15. Left, Right, and Wrong
- Part VI. Economics
- 16. An Opposable Economy
- 17. A Third Industrial Revolution
- 18. Metadesign
- Part VII. Beliefs
- 19. Community Resilience
- 20. Evolutionary Transformation
- 21. Spatializing Knowledge
- Postscript: A Past and Possible Future
- Isbn
- 9781452951621
- Label
- Designing our way to a better world
- Title
- Designing our way to a better world
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas Fisher
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thriving cities--why not design one? Fisher shows how the principles of design apply to services and systems that seem to evolve naturally, systems whose failures sometimes seem as arbitrary and inevitable as the weather. But the "invisible" systems we depend on for our daily lives (in education, politics, economics, and public health) are designed every bit as much as the products we buy and the environments we inhabit--and are just as susceptible to creative reimagining. Designing Our Way to a Better World challenges the assumptions that have led to so much poor performance in the public and private realms: that our schools cannot teach creativity, that our governments cannot predict the disasters that befall us, that our health system will protect us from pandemics, that our politics will remain polarized, that our economy cannot avoid inequality, and that our industry cannot help but pollute the environment. Targeting these assumptions, Fisher's approach reveals the power of design to synthesize our knowledge about the world into greater wholes. In doing so, this book opens up possible futures--and better futures--than the unsustainable and inequitable one we now face."--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fisher, Thomas
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Design
- Quality of life
- Social systems
- ARCHITECTURE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- ARCHITECTURE
- ART
- CRAFTS & HOBBIES
- Design
- Quality of life
- Social systems
- Label
- Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Invisible Systems -- 1. The Design of the Invisible -- 2. Design Thinking -- 3. The Logic of Creativity -- Part II. Education -- 4. Creative Education -- 5. Schools and Communities -- 6. Reconstructing Design Education -- Part III. Infrastructure -- 7. Fracture-Critical Failures -- 8. Over-Extended Infrastructure -- 9. Designed Disasters -- Part IV. Public Health -- 10. The Infrastructure of Health -- 11. Healthy Landscapes -- 12. Viral Cities -- Part V. Politics -- 13. Designer Politics -- 14. The Politics of No -- 15. Left, Right, and Wrong -- Part VI. Economics -- 16. An Opposable Economy -- 17. A Third Industrial Revolution -- 18. Metadesign -- Part VII. Beliefs -- 19. Community Resilience -- 20. Evolutionary Transformation -- 21. Spatializing Knowledge -- Postscript: A Past and Possible Future
- Control code
- ocn949276361
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781452951621
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt1c0nwvf
- 888370d1-959d-4e13-913d-1e615888a5ac
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)949276361
- Label
- Designing our way to a better world, Thomas Fisher
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Invisible Systems -- 1. The Design of the Invisible -- 2. Design Thinking -- 3. The Logic of Creativity -- Part II. Education -- 4. Creative Education -- 5. Schools and Communities -- 6. Reconstructing Design Education -- Part III. Infrastructure -- 7. Fracture-Critical Failures -- 8. Over-Extended Infrastructure -- 9. Designed Disasters -- Part IV. Public Health -- 10. The Infrastructure of Health -- 11. Healthy Landscapes -- 12. Viral Cities -- Part V. Politics -- 13. Designer Politics -- 14. The Politics of No -- 15. Left, Right, and Wrong -- Part VI. Economics -- 16. An Opposable Economy -- 17. A Third Industrial Revolution -- 18. Metadesign -- Part VII. Beliefs -- 19. Community Resilience -- 20. Evolutionary Transformation -- 21. Spatializing Knowledge -- Postscript: A Past and Possible Future
- Control code
- ocn949276361
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781452951621
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt1c0nwvf
- 888370d1-959d-4e13-913d-1e615888a5ac
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)949276361
Subject
- ART -- Folk & Outsider Art
- CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts
- Design -- Human factors
- Design -- Human factors
- Electronic books
- ARCHITECTURE -- Criticism
- Quality of life
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Social systems
- Social systems
- Quality of life
- ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning
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