Paradoxes of design: Energy and water consumption and the aestheticization of norwegian bathrooms 1990-2008

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-149

  Berker, Thomas ^a   Gansmo, Helen Jøsok ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aestheticization; Consumption; Design; Energy use; Identity; Social status

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY USE; ESTHETICS; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER USE;

NORWAY;

EID: 77952967591     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.454     Document Type: Article

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