Eternally Yours: Time in Design : Product, Value, SustenanceThis book aims to map out ways of designing and planning products so that their value is sustained and they can be kept in use for a longer time. It tells the story of Vivian, a name that represents any product. The life oF Vivian is traced from preconception, through development, purchase and long period of use, right up to oblivion. Vivian's story is embedded in the information and experiences that the Eternally Yours Foundation has gathered over the past years, culminating in the 'Time in design' conference organized in October 2003 in cooperation with the Long Now Foundation. This book includes most of the lectures by, among many others, Ezio Manzini, Brian Eno, Gustaf Beumer and John Thackara - introduction. |
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activities aesthetic Alexander Rose artefacts become brand Brian Eno Bruce Sterling called clock clothes communication companies concept consumer context course create culture Danny Hillis device Droog Design durability ecological economic electronic environmental eternally yours eternally ethical everything example experience fashion feel function future garments going Hans Achterhuis happen human idea impact important industrial design instance interesting Internet issue Jem Finer keep kind lifespan living Long Now Foundation longer look machine manufacturing Manzini material meaning mediation modern moral nature Netherlands nostalgia notion objects obsolescence organisation Panorama Mesdag participants philosophy of technology planned obsolescence plastic problem question recycling relationship selling shape slow social society speed strategy style sustainable consumption sustainable development Swiss army knife talk things understand Vivian Volvo