Designing Circularity

Stewardship, Policy, and the Circular Transition
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-30662-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Design for Social Responsibility

This book explores how design decisions, from societal and policy-level interventions to business models and product-level choices, can reduce material intensity and support a transition to a regenerative future. The challenge of the twenty-first century is not simply how to consume more sustainably, but how to meet human needs while reducing pressure on global ecosystems. Designing Circularity addresses this challenge by reframing circularity as a systems problem: how to achieve the same, or better, outcomes for society with less material and energy throughput.

At the centre of the book is a triple-layered systemic design framework for coordinating circular initiatives across socio-technical and policy systems, organisational business and service models, and products and assets. Drawing on research, practitioner insights, and real-world examples, the book shows how governments, businesses, not-for-profit organisations, and designers can work across these layers to reshape the conditions that influence production, consumption, and resource use.

Through the lens of material intensity, Designing Circularity challenges readers to consider not only how products are made, but how systems are organised to meet human needs. It examines how effectively economies and sectors meet those needs in relation to the materials and energy they use, and how shared forms of provision can reduce dependence on materially intensive patterns of individual consumption. Written for researchers, practitioners, designers, industry leaders, and policymakers, the book offers a practical pathway for applying systems stewardship to create collective abundance within ecological limits.

The Introduction and Chapters 1 and 3 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baty, Steve

Tomitsch, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Allgemeines & Theorie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Too much stuff – the symptoms of material consumption in developed nations  PART I: Framing the problem 1. Lessons in history – consumerism, Friedman Doctrine, neoliberalism, and democratic socialism 2. Fundamental human needs – how resource-intensive systems shape everyday life 3. The design-policy nexus – how design practice influences material intensity at different levels of decision-making and the role of circularity  PART II: Socio-technical and policy systems  4. The tragedy of the commons – designing for collective abundance through systems stewardship 5. Systems approaches to addressing human needs – designing inherently low-intensity solutions at a systemic level  6. Levers of government – changing systems boundaries, costing externalities, and shaping markets  PART III: Business and service models 7. The purpose of business – an end to the Friedman doctrine 8. Designing organisational impact – embedding societal and planetary impact into organisational strategy 9. Rethinking business models – decoupling value generation from resource use  PART IV: Product-level circularity and stewardship 10. Durability and repairability – designing things that last and can be repaired 11. Disassembly – designing products, buildings, and components that can be taken apart 12. Material selection – designing materials for longevity, recovery, and circulation  PART V: Defining success 13. Metrics and ecological outcomes – measuring circularity across products, organisations, and systems 14. Visions of a circular future – an optimistic outlook

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Baty is founder of Meld Collective and UX Australia, Director at the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence, was inaugural CEO of the Australian Design Council, and co-founder of Meld Studios, winners of the 2022 Good Design Team of the Year. His work focuses on the application of strategic and systems design to complex organisational, service, and infrastructure challenges. He has led design research and strategy initiatives across government, transport, and industry sectors, including the customer experience design of Sydney's metro rail network. He is co-author of Designing Tomorrow.

Martin Tomitsch is Professor and Head of the Transdisciplinary School at the University of Technology Sydney. His research investigates how new technologies will shape people’s lives in cities and explores methods and processes for responsible innovation. He has published over 150 academic articles and seven books, including Making Cities Smarter, Design Think Make Break Repeat, and Designing Tomorrow. He is a founding member of several international design and research networks, including the Media Architecture Institute and the Life-centered Design Collective.