{"product_id":"design-for-life-by-stuart-walker-9781138232471","title":"Design for Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuart Walker’s design work has been described as life-changing, inspiring, disturbing and ferocious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesign for Life\u003c\/i\u003e 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605585576172,"sku":"9781138232471","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138232471-design-for-life.jpg?v=1778132924","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/design-for-life-by-stuart-walker-9781138232471","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}