Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-269) and index
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Pt. I. Rethinking the context and practice of design. 1. Understanding the nature of practice -- 2. Understanding the directional nature of design -- 3. The imperative and redirection -- 4. Design as a redirective practice -- 5. Reviewing two key redirective practices -- 6. Futuring, redirective practice, development and culture -- Pt. II. Strategic design thinking. 7. Unpacking futuring : the self, community, culture, and ethics -- 8. Methods of change 1 : platforming, return briefs, and new teams -- 9. Methods of change 2 : designing in time -- 10. Futuring and learning the new from the past -- 11. Designer as redirective practitioner : new roles beyond design -- Pt. III. Design, sustainment, and futures. 12. Futuring against sustaining the unsustainable -- 13. Sustainment and a new epoch of humanity -- 14. Picturing economic and cultural futures -- 15. Sustainment by design : dig where you stand -- 16. Challenges of sustainment and futuring : a review of change agents -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index