Endineering: Designing consumption lifecycles that end as well as they begin.

by Joe MacLeod

How many ads have you designed? How many products have you launched? Have you ever designed an ending? Does it matter? There is a gap in the consumer lifecycle that needs attention – the end. The problems of consumerism are piled high in this hoarding, pollution, unwanted pictures on social media, risks to security, mis-sold financial products. This book takes the unique approach that these problems have a common a bad consumer experience at the end. Endineering shows how to solve these issues, reveal new opportunities and design for better consumer endings. A mixture of stories, new tools and methods will enable readers in policy-making, business and product creation to gain a new approach to tackling issues in consumerism. This is a HOW TO book about what to do and how to do it.

Genres: Design, Sustainability

229 pages, Paperback

Published November 3, 2021

Reviews

[ylva kravis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The future of consumerism we seriously need.
A set of tools and examples to think about and refer to when designing endings. And the graphical explanations are astonishing.

The author is a talented writer and a remarkable storyteller. I will definitely reread both of his books again both in the nearer and farther future.

& while Ends is not a mandatory preread to Endineering, I'd say that Endineering is definitely a mandatory post-read to Ends.