Post-Petroleum Design

Synopsis

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. 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. George Elvin. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.