July 29, 2008: Another book signing: Nathan Shedroff on sustainable design


I'll once again plagiarize my
announcement<http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/announcements/2008/07/new_book_signin\
g_nathan_shedro.php>over
at the Rosenfeld Media site. But first:
*Nathan Shedroff* is a truly outstanding person. And there's really no
design topic that's more important than sustainability. Wow. I. Am.
Thrilled.

OK, here's the announcement:

Four years ago, *Peter Morville* rolled out the user experience
honeycomb<http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php>,
with its seven facets of UX. Since then, there's been something of a cottage
industry of suggesting new facets (all of which, unfortunately, throw off
the geometry of Peter's elegant hexagon).

Perhaps it's time to consider adding yet another facet:
*sustainability.*What and how we design has implications, especially
when our designs are
ultimately fabricated, transported, and physically consumed. In this time of
post-peak oil and environmental worries, designers have an even greater
responsibility to consider how our work impacts our planet.

That's why Rosenfeld Media will be publishing *Nathan Shedroff's* newest
book, *"Design is the
Problem<http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/>:
The Future of Design Must be Sustainable".* It's a bit of a departure for
us—this is not a practical UX "method" book—but if it helps all of us to
bake sustainability into our design processes, it might be the most
practical topic we could ever cover.

It's also an opportunity to work with Nathan, who continues to make amazing
contributions<http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/author/biograph\
y/>to
the field. His energy is boundless, and his passion for sustainability
is
humbling. We can't wait for his book to arrive!

Want to find out when the book is available (and receive a discount to
boot)? Sign up for a publication
notification<http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/info/publication\
_notification/>.
You can engage with Nathan and learn more about the topic at his
book-in-progress
site <http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/>, and keep up with
the book's progress by subscribing to the site's RSS
feed<http://feeds.rosenfeldmedia.com/sustainable-design/>
.

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