HOW CAN DESIGN meaningfully engage with complex societal challenges, such as those associated with the food system? Rather than tackling wicked problems head-on, this book offers a (p)reframing exercise. Building on interdisciplinary research across food geography, food policy and social practice theory, this work examines the role of affluent Western cities in achieving sustainable diets. Through a series of conceptual frameworks, it demonstrates how design researchers and practitioners can leverage their core professional skills to contribute to the Great Food Transformation, foregrounding issues that their design perspective can uniquely highlight. The studies in this book focus on the demand side of the food supply chain. They trace the effects of digitalisation on the spatial dynamics of urban food provisioning, considering both dietary and design implications. The kitchen is then reconceptualised as an interconnected urban node, rather than an architectural object. This leads to the unpacking of the diverse factors shaping everyday urban food environments to, lastly, establish a series of design principles to approach sustainable diets.
