Design, Nature, and Revolution: Toward a Critical Ecology

By Tomaas Maldonado

A landmark text in design discourse for a world desperately in need of redesign--back in print

What good is design? In a world facing social unrest, political tribalism, and impending ecological doom, Tom s Maldonado poses philosophical inquiries into the role design plays during a moment of crisis and analyzes what "design" might mean as an ever-enlarging compass beyond stylization of specific objects. He discusses how design is both influenced by and central to ecological crisis. Written as a kind of obituary to the Modern movement's wave of failed "concrete utopias," Maldonado combines philosophy, sociology, radical countercultural thought, and the ecological sciences into a polemic that recenters design in the human environment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517907004
• ISBN13: 9781517907006
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.9"