Lecture by Stuart Walker; Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World
Lecture by Stuart Walker; Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World
In the Pit Architecture Building
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May 3rd, 12:00 p.m.
Lecture in the PIT
Architecture Building
Guest Lecturer: Stuart Walker
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Stuart Walker is Chair of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University, UK where he co-founded a design department and a dedicated design research centre. He is also an Emeritus
Professor at University of Calgary.
His distinctive practice-based research explores the environmental, social and spiritual aspects of sustainability. His conceptual designs have been exhibited in Canada, Australia, Italy, at the Design Museum, London and most recently at Brantwood, John Ruskin’s house in the English Lake District.
His books include: Sustainable by Design; The Spirit of Design; The Handbook of Design for Sustainability (with J. Giard), and Designing Sustainability. His latest books are Design for Life, published by Routledge in April 2017, and Design Roots: local products and practices in a globalized world, in December 2017.