Kerb 33: Appetite reframes abundance as nourishment rather than excess, gathering emerging landscape designers around questions of sustaining, ethical practice in a culture of overconsumption. Each contribution adds a distinct voice to a collective table.
About This Book
Structured as a multi-course feast, Kerb 33: Appetite moves through stages of thought on what it means to nurture landscapes — and the people who shape them — through restraint rather than spectacle. The issue brings together designers, educators, and practitioners to examine ethical design practice from the ground up: how we grow, maintain, share, and sustain. Peggy Deamer interrogates advocacy and self-sustenance within design education. Su Dennett and David Holmgren connect food, home, and architecture into more resilient living systems. Martí Franch and Jordi Batallé recast maintenance as authorship. This is landscape architecture at its most politically and ecologically alert.
Key Features
- 128 pages of essays, perspectives, and design propositions from practitioners and theorists
- Contributors include Peggy Deamer, Su Dennett, David Holmgren, Martí Franch, and Jordi Batallé
- Published by Uro Publications, 2025
What You'll Discover
- How humility and austerity in design can constitute a radical re-definition of abundance
- The political dimensions of maintenance — reframed by Franch and Batallé as a form of authorship that foregrounds overlooked landscapes
- How everyday acts of growing, preparing, and sharing food can form the basis of more just and resilient architectural systems
- Peggy Deamer's critical examination of how designers sustain themselves and each other through work and education
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 128
- Dimensions: 210 x 297 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781922601438
- Publisher: Uro Publications
- Publication Date: 2025
Perfect For: Landscape architects, emerging designers, and educators interested in ethical practice, ecological design, and the politics of maintenance and sustenance