Design for longevity: Taking both the material and social aspects of product-life into account

Journal of Design Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-220

  Hebrok, Marie ^a  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

Design for sustainable behaviour; Design research; Dis domestication; Domestication; Product longevity; Product life; Science and technology studies; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905901289     PISSN: 17483050     EISSN: 15691551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/JDR.2014.064232     Document Type: Article

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