Despite the growing demand for design strategies to reduce our petroleum use, no one has yet brought together the lessons of the world's leading post-petroleum designers into a single resource. Post-Petroleum Design brings them together for the first time. Readers will be introduced to the most current, innovative, plastic-and petroleum-free products and projects in industrial design, architecture, transportation, electronics, apparel and more. Post-Petroleum Design explores firsthand the client and consumer motivations behind the demand, and shares the case studies, principles, best practices, risks and opportunities of the world's leading post-petroleum design experts who are already meeting that demand. It introduces 40 inspiring individuals from across the globe; people like Eben Bayer, the American innovator whose company, Ecovative, is growing houses from mushrooms; Mohammed Bah Abba, whose Zeer Pot is helping families keep produce fresh in the sweltering Nigerian summer without electricity; and the engineers at Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios whose Biome car evolves from genetically engineered DNA. Post-Petroleum Design gives design professionals the information they need to research, evaluate, and select materials, technologies and design strategies that meet the growing demand for sustainable design, plastic-free materials and process energy conservation. Designer profiles, studies, statistics and many colour illustrations all highlight the work-some of the best design work to be found anywhere, and showcased here for the first time.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138853898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214348389
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Educational Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Author
George Elvin
Publication Name
Post-Petroleum Design
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Economics, Engineering & Technology, Business
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
246mm
Item Width
174mm
Item Weight
839g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
George Elvin
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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