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The primary focus of this book is to inspire young designers, academics and practitioners to achieve their maximum societal contribution. It is essential reading for students and practitioners representing all fields of design including graphic design, industrial design, interior design, architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.
List of contents
1. How beauty will save us 2. WeDesign: Participatory innovation as a basis for reimagining possibilities 3. Cultivating peace 4. Designing for peace through a trauma-informed perspective
Other Voices Essay 1: Only thoughts and prayers? Essay 2: I belong. We belong together Essay 3: Transforming food apartheid into community health and racial equity Essay 4: Social justice / Public place Essay 5: Healing across cultures: The universality of water Essay 6: Archetypes in sacred places as contributors to health and well-being Essay 7: Environment as a contributor to recovery and peace Essay 8: Sexual health environments and privacy Essay 9: Articles of displacement 5. Peace for a life indoors 6. Everyday products as a means of fostering peace, meaning, and happiness 7. Empowerment by design 8. The architecture of peace
About the author
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, BA, MArch, MA, DArch, is a professor in the Department of Human Centered Design, a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University, and the Academic Director of the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures. A fellow in the American Institute of Architects and the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), she has LEED AP, WELL AP, and EDAC credentials. Dr. Shepley has published multiple peer-reviewed journal papers and authored/co-authored six books, the most recent of which are:
Design for Critical Care (2009),
Health Facility Evaluation for Design Practitioners (2010),
Design for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care (2014), and
Design for Mental & Behavioral Health (2017). Mardelle has worked full- and part-time in professional practice for 25 years. Committed to designing and conducting research on healthy and healing environments, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from ACHA.
Summary
The primary focus of this book is to inspire young designers, academics and practitioners to achieve their maximum societal contribution. It is essential reading for students and practitioners representing all fields of design including graphic design, industrial design, interior design, architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.
