Designers Visionaries and Other Stories

Name: Designers Visionaries and Other Stories
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Price: 324.75 AUD
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A Collection of Sustainable Design Essays

By: Jonathan Chapman, Nick Gant

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Hardcover | 20 August 2007 | Edition Number 1

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176 Pages

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24.6 x 18.9 x 1.91

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Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories unpacks the complex and crucial debates surrounding sustainable design to deliver a compelling manifesto for change, at a time of looming ecological crisis, mounting environmental legislation and limited sustainable design progress.This is a book about sustainable design, by the leading sustainable design thinkers, for creative practitioners of all disciplines'professionals, students and academics. This challenging book provides the reader with a rich resource of future visions, critical propositions, creative ideas and design strategies for working towards a sustainable tomorrow, today.Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories boldly presents alternative understandings of sustainable design, to curate a challenging, sometimes uncomfortable and always provocative, collection of essays by some of the world?'s leading sustainable design thinkers. The result is an authoritative anthology that reinvigorates the culture of critique that in previous years has empowered design with the qualities of social, environmental and economic revolution.

Industry Reviews

'Books like this one have such an important role to play.'
John Thackara, Director, Doors of Perception

'These essays, by the most experienced design thinkers, help readers keep track of changes and hone their ability to prevent mankind from overheating.'
Ed Van Hinte, author

'A rich and powerful collection of essays.'
Aidan Rowe, University of Alberta, Canada

' ... these discussions will assist expert and novice alike to reposition themselves for the future in a relatively new and developing discipline.'
Joan Farrer, Senior Research Tutor at the Royal College of Art, School of Fashion and Textiles, UK

'A great read for anyone interested in learning more about how designers can be proactive when it comes to sustainability.'
DynamicGraphics, 2008.

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