Transition design: A proposal for a new area of design practice, study, and research

Design and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-246

  Irwin, Terry ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitan localism; Social innovation; Sustainable design; Transition design; Transition town movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957641878     PISSN: 17547075     EISSN: 17547083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2015.1051829     Document Type: Article

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