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@inbook{Pohlmeyer2017,

title = {From good to the greater good},

author = {Anna Pohlmeyer and Pieter Desmet},

editor = {Jonathan Chapman},

url = {https://pure.tudelft.nl/portal/files/33341515/Pohlmeyer_Desmet_2017_from_good_to_greater_good.pdf},

isbn = {978-1-138-91017-1},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-06-01},

booktitle = {Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design},

pages = {469-486},

abstract = {In this chapter, we outline why and how design can (and cannot) support the sustainable well-being of individuals and communities. Building on findings of well-being researchers, we first address the reasons why material well-being, as experienced through the consumption and ownership of products and goods, does not necessarily contribute to subjective well-being. On the other hand, products that are valued for the activities and experiences that these enable can be a profound resource for happiness. This discussion provides the foundation for an approach to design for well-being that includes three main ingredients: design for pleasure, personal significance and virtue. These ingredients will be detailed in depth and several directions to design for well-being will be introduced, addressing both challenges and opportunities for design theory and practice.},

keywords = {design, happiness, personal significance, pleasure, product design, subjective well-being, value:wellbeing-happiness, well-being},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inbook}

}