Tricky Design

Tom Fisher is Professor in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University, UK.Lorraine Gamman is Professor of Design at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK.

• ForewordClive Dilnot, independent, USAIntroduction – Design’s Tricky EthicsTom Fisher, Nottingham Trent, UK and Lorraine Gamman, University of the Arts London, UKSection One, Tricky ThingingChapter 1: Civilian and Military: Design Across an Ethical HorizonTom Fisher, Nottingham Trent University, UKChapter 2: Designers and Brokers of the Mobility RegimeMahmoud Kesharvarz, Uppsala University, SwedenChapter 3: Trickery in Design: Cooptation, Subversion and PoliticsNidhi Srinavas, Parsons School of Design, USA and Eduardo Staszowski, Parsons School of Design, USAChapter 4: Guns and morality: Mediation, Agency and ResponsibilityTim Dant, Lancaster University, UKChapter 5: The Magic that is DesignCameron Tonkinwise, Carnegie Mellon University, USASection Two: Tricky Processes, Tricky PrinciplesChapter 6: Designer/Shapeshifter: A De-colonial Redirection for Speculative and Critical DesignLuiza Prado de O. Martins, A Parede, Germany and Pedro J. S. Vieira de Oliveira, A Parede, GermanyChapter 7: Making 'Safety', Making Freedom: Design and Contested FuturesShana Agid, Parsons School of Design, USAChapter 8: The Nature of ‘Obligation’ in Doing Design with Communities: Participation, Politics and CareAnn Light, University of Sussex, UK and Yoko Akama, RMIT University, USASection Three: Tricky PolicyChapter 9: Designing Policy Objects: Designer as Anti-HeroLucy Kimbell, University of the Arts London, UKChapter 10: Tricky like a Leprachaun – Navigating the Paradoxes of Public Service InnovationAdam Thorpe, University of the Arts London, UKChapter 11: Understanding Suicide and Assisted Dying – Why “Design for Death” is TrickyLorraine Gamman, University of the Arts London, UK and Pras Gunasekera, University of the Arts London, UKChapter 12: The Quest for Purity, 'Clean' Design and a New Ethics of 'Dirty' DesignJeremy Kidwell, University of Birmingham UKConclusionTom Fisher, Nottingham Trent, UK and Lorraine Gamman, University of the Arts London, UK

In the past forty years the focus of design has broadened considerably. It is about time we addressed the bad and the ugly as well as the good designers do, and this book does just that. A valuable resource for everyone interested in the role of design in society.