What is it about?
Papanek's original critique of design remains mostly valid that design mostly colludes with unsustainable consumption and is challenged to leave it's ego at the door of communities it thinks it is helping
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Why is it important?
We identofy seven criteria that distinguish responsible from other kinds of design. We also see an active role for design rather than just a responsive approach argued by others.
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This page is a summary of: Socially responsible design: thinking beyond the triple bottom line to socially responsive and sustainable product design, CoDesign, September 2011, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2011.630473.
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