ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This collection of seminal texts simply could not have been
possible without the very generous support of all the
contributors to this effort: Ahmed Ansari, Erling
Björgvinsson, Gui Bonsiepe, Scott Boylston, Max Bruinsma,
Michael Braungart, Richard Buchanan, Sharon Burdett,
Valerie Casey, Jonanthan Chapman, Alison J. Clarke, Nigel
Cross, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Decolonising Design,
Clive Dilnot, Carl DiSalvo, Kees Dorst, Anthony Dunne, Pelle
Ehn, Joost Elffers, David Evans, Terence Fenn, Kate Fletcher,
Jorge Frascara, Alastair Fuad-Luke, Nick Gant, Ken Garland,
John Heskett, Per-Anders Hillgren, Jason Hobbs, Stefan
Holmlid, Andrew Howard, Gordon Hush, Terry Irwin, Tim
Jackson, Cinnamon Janzer, Guy Julier, Lucy Kimbell, Ilpo
Koskinen, Diana Krabbendam, Klaus Krippendorff, Kalle
Lasn, Ezio Manzini, Victor Margolin, Katherine McCoy,
William McDonough, Ivica Mitrovic, Chantal Mouffe, David
Oswald, Rev. Nicolette Papanek/Victor Papanek, Luiza Prado
de O. Martins, Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders, Daniela Sangiorgi,
Michiel Schwarz, Ann Thorpe, Cameron Tonkinwise,
Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, Jan van Toorn, Pedro Vieira de
Oliveira, Lauren Weinstein, and Nigel Whiteley.
There are a few individuals who deserve special thanks for
their encouragement and advice during the book project:
Lisa Abendroth, Fatima Cassim, Audra Buck Coleman,
Annelys de Vet, Ariel Guersenzvaig, Terry Irwin, Jackie
Malcolm, Massimo Santanicchia, and Victor Margolin for his
patience with my questions and frequent requests for
advice.
I am indebted to my editor, Rebecca Barden, for giving me
this unique opportunity to create The Social Design Reader.
I wish to thank her editorial assistant, Claire Constable for