ABSTRACT
Theory and practice, two quite different but intimately related aspects of design, will be explored in this chapter to provide a more complete basis for the design and critique of sustainable products. I will describe the relationship between theory and practice and, more particularly, the relationship between an intellectual understanding of ethics and the aesthetics of sustainable objects. To demonstrate this relationship, I consider the aesthetic qualities of one particular design, the digital clock introduced in Chapter 14 (Figure 14.7).
