Design for the real lifespan: comparing two twentieth-century strategies for social and economic sustainability through life-cycle planning
This paper compares the treatment of duration in two episodes of twentieth-century history: the emergence of planned obsolescence in the wake of the 1929 financial crisis, and of appropriate technology during the post-WWII decolonization process. These experiences ultimately propose diverging approa...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6100/1/Design_for_the_Real_Lifespan_Comparing_T.pdf |