Longer Lasting Products : Alternatives to the Throwaway Society (Hardcover)

Part I: Overview; 1: The Significance of Product Longevity; Part II: Design for Longevity; 2: Re-evaluating Obsolescence and Planning for It; 3: Subject/Object Relationships and Emotionally Durable Design; 4: Defying Obsolescence; 5: Understanding Replacement Behaviour and Exploring Design Solutions; 6: Adjusting Our Metabolism: Slowness and Nourishing Rituals of Delay in Anticipation of a Post-Consumer Age; 7: Durability, Function and Performance; Part III: Public Policy and Product Life-Spans; 8: Durability and the Law; 9: The Law on Guarantees and Repair Work; 10: Policies for Longevity; part IV: Marketing Longer Lasting Products; 11: Rethinking Marketing; 12: Marketing Durability; 13: Can Durability Provide a Strong Marketing Platform?; Part V: Product Use and Reuse; 14: Consumer Influences on Product Life-Spans; 15: Product Life Cycle Management Through IT; 16: There are Times and Places: Systems and Practices in the Domestic Processing and Reuse of Packaging; 17: Extending Product Life-Spans: Household Furniture and Appliance Reuse in the UK