Elvin, George.
Post-petroleum design / George Elvin. - xviii, 257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: oil and its impacts -- Part Two: Oil and plastic -- Part Three: Post-petroleum design -- Part Four: Building a post-petroleum world -- Part Five: Principles of post-petroleum design -- Part Six: Life in the post-petroleum era.
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.
9781138853898 1138853895 9781138853904 1138853909
2015000651
Product design.
Materials.
Green products.
Sustainable engineering.
Environmental protection.
Environmental protection.
Green products.
Materials.
Product design.
Sustainable engineering.
Industriedesign.
Nachhaltigkeit.
Umweltschutz.
TS171.4 / .E48 2015
658.5/752
Post-petroleum design / George Elvin. - xviii, 257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: oil and its impacts -- Part Two: Oil and plastic -- Part Three: Post-petroleum design -- Part Four: Building a post-petroleum world -- Part Five: Principles of post-petroleum design -- Part Six: Life in the post-petroleum era.
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.
9781138853898 1138853895 9781138853904 1138853909
2015000651
Product design.
Materials.
Green products.
Sustainable engineering.
Environmental protection.
Environmental protection.
Green products.
Materials.
Product design.
Sustainable engineering.
Industriedesign.
Nachhaltigkeit.
Umweltschutz.
TS171.4 / .E48 2015
658.5/752