If You Don’t
Saving the World
by Doing Nothing
A little book about the big and overwhelming issues humanity is dealing with. Taking economics as a surprising stepping stone, it connects the dots between essential developments in science, history, sociology, technology, design and culture. This book is not about scary numbers — it is about key stories from our past and present and how they affect our future. How do we as creatives help create the world we want?
The ‘ToDontList-Method’, which featured in this book’s 2 predecessors, unveils a surprising truth: sometimes, the best action is inaction. This book gives you insight into how simple choices affect the manner in which we designed and can redesign our world. As a creative, you could have a greater effect not by adding more, but by thoughtfully leaving things out.
You may not be able to change the world completely, but there are things you can control. This book gives the creative reader an easy-to-apply philosophy that helps them make choices. Sometimes, the outcome may be that it’s best to do nothing — if you want to save the world.
Don’t Buy This Book
BIS Publishers
Paperback
200 pages
21.5 x 14.8 cm
ISBN 978 90 6369 700 6
A beautiful and
non-dogmatic book
★★★★
A good economics compilation by a creative with a focus on design […]
The book doesn’t have a simple answer for the future either. However, it invites us to consider consumption from various perspectives, including during the design process — many encouraging examples of applied changes, accompanied by insightful quotes.
‘If You Don’t’ has rediscovered the definition of design for me, making it a beautiful and non-dogmatic book.
— Review on Goodreads.com
It is realistic,
though fantastic
This book brings saving the earth within everybody’s reach, or at least it shows how everybody can make a real contribution. Even the extreme rich people!
It is realistic, though fantastic. most importantly, it does not moralise or criticise (mostly), it leaves it up to your own creativity how to do(n’t) it.
— Lutz Mischke, Professor & Researcher University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
