Framing the role of design in transformation of consumption practices: Beyond the designer-product-user triad

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 70-103

  Pettersen, Ida Nilstad ^a   Boks, Casper ^a   Tukker, Arnold ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; ANT; Design for sustainability; MLP; Multi level perspective; Practice theory; Sociotechnical systems; Sustainable consumption; Sustainable innovation; System innovation theory

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECODESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; MULTILEVELS; PRACTICE THEORIES; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; SYSTEM INNOVATIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84881473806     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2013.055580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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