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Gamman, Lorraine and Thorpe, Adam (2008) Less is more: what design against crime can contribute to sustainability. In: Changing the Change, 10th - 12th July 2008, Turin, Italy. (Unpublished)
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| Type of Research: | Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item |
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| Creators: | Gamman, Lorraine and Thorpe, Adam |
| Description: | Crime is a voracious form of premature obsolescence. Replacement of insured stolen items increases levels of product consumption that are unsustainable. Additional to the ecological cost of crime are the social and economic impacts linked to ‘courts, cops and corrections’ – money better spent on building social innovation and sustainability. The user/ abuser centered methodology of the Design Against Crime Research Centre (DACRC) at University of Arts London as a socially responsive design movement is described in this paper. It argues that DACRC’s approach is unique. It addresses social agendas by accommodating consideration of multiple, often competing, user-demands in a given context, and responding in ways that produce both fiscal and social capital through sustainable design. |
| Official Website: | http://www.designagainstcrime.com/ |
| Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | design, crime, sustainability, environment, impact, socially responsive |
| Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Central Saint Martins Research Centres/Networks > Design Against Crime at the Innovation Centre (DAC) |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Related Websites: | http://emma.polimi.it/emma/showEvent.do?idEvent=23 |
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| Event Location: | Turin, Italy |
| Projects or Series: | Design Against Crime |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2009 13:59 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2023 04:45 |
| Item ID: | 674 |
| URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/674 |
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