Johnson, Bonnie Kathryn2014-03-142014-03-141999-12-08etd-02252000-12190050http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41289This body of work aims to discover opportunities for industrial design to support sustainable ways of living in a materialistic society. At first glance, sustainable living and product design seem incongruent. Perhaps through investigation of the nature of product design and models of sustainability, a plan can be established which actually strengthens the reality of each in light of social, economic and environmental issues.45 pagesapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightDesignSustainabilityethicsLD5655.V855 1999.J646Thesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02252000-12190050/