Aesthetic sustainability: product design and sustainable usage

Why do we readily dispose of some things, whereas we keep and maintain others for years, despite their obvious wear and tear?

Can a greater understanding of aesthetic value lead to a more strategic and sustainable approach to product design? 'Aesthetic Sustainability' offers guidelines for ways to reduce, rethink, and reform consumption.

Its focus on aesthetics adds a new dimension to the creation, as well as the consumption, of sustainable products.