Turkka Keinonen is Professor of Design at Aalto University, Finland.

Keinonen introduces a sophisticated politics of use that is both ethically engaged and politically empowered; showing how users are so much more than servile button-pushers in pursuit of hedonic pleasures.

• PrefaceA virtuous method Instruments and consequences Adventures and assurances Competences and virtues Agendas and maxims Internal good of designQuality of use or life User with a multiple personalityAnti-usability Neighbour-centred design Worth of useImagining a practice Impartially opinionatedApplicability Ignored useConviction-critical use Justified exclusion Tolerance for emergence From usability to applicability Utilitarian user experienceBentham todayPleasure and pain Against utility User exertion A word with two meanings Articulating justice in design Conductors of justice Division of labour to ensure justice Flourishing hybrids Compromising wellbeing Trading in human dignity A transitional position Controversies and moderationsDesign as a contract References

Turkka Keinonen is Professor of Design at Aalto University, Finland.

Keinonen introduces a sophisticated politics of use that is both ethically engaged and politically empowered; showing how users are so much more than servile button-pushers in pursuit of hedonic pleasures.

• PrefaceA virtuous method Instruments and consequences Adventures and assurances Competences and virtues Agendas and maxims Internal good of designQuality of use or life User with a multiple personalityAnti-usability Neighbour-centred design Worth of useImagining a practice Impartially opinionatedApplicability Ignored useConviction-critical use Justified exclusion Tolerance for emergence From usability to applicability Utilitarian user experienceBentham todayPleasure and pain Against utility User exertion A word with two meanings Articulating justice in design Conductors of justice Division of labour to ensure justice Flourishing hybrids Compromising wellbeing Trading in human dignity A transitional position Controversies and moderationsDesign as a contract References