Experimental eco->design
Subtitle: architecture, fashion, product
By: Cara Brower, Rachel Mallory, Zachary Ohlman
Contributors: Mallory, Rachel; Ohlman, Zachary
Publisher: Rotovision
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mies, Switerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9782888930600
Subjects: Environmental aspects; Design; Commercial products
Description: This book highlights new ways of thinking about sustainable design, while showcasing innovative product. It is a collection of outstanding, innovative product, graphic, fashion, and environment designs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Where we begin ; Looks good, feels good, is good? / Edwin Datschefski; title: 01. Transforming materials : A new frame of mind / Peter Danko ; Paper architecture ; Cardboard seating ; Disposable tableware ; Recycled fabric ; Recyclable plastic ; Cafe tables and tableware ; Lifestyle products ; Bamboo furniture ; Molded sugar ; Recycled stationery ; Reappropriated clothing and furniture ; Plastic outdoor furniture ; Bamboo furniture ; Tactile textiles; title: 02. Efficiency by design : Creative communities / Ezio Manzini ; Modular hotel ; Mobile architecture ; Conceptual furniture ; Interlocking shapes ; Self-assembly seating ; Transportable chair ; Flat-pack furniture ; Temporary housing ; Collapsible stool ; Energy-saving lighting ; Flat-pack furniture ; Custom speakers ; Vacuum-housing chair ; Ottoman footstools ; Compactible objects ; Bent-plywood furniture ; Modular housing ; Prefabricated buildings; title: 03. Imaginative reuse : Designing time / Ed Van Hinte ; Reclaimed-wood furniture ; Reclaimed-fabric quilts ; Recycled fashion ; Recycled-rubber soles ; Reconstructed garments ; Found-object chandeliers ; Recycled bags ; Reappropriated objects ; Reclaimed-materials apparel ; Tree stool; title: 04. Social sensibility : Less is more for many more / Jan Dranger ; Sustainable snowboards ; Raw-wood tables ; Organic tables ; Adaptable mobile homes ; Alternative energy ; Ethical process and practice ; Urban park ; Architecture modeled on nature ; Wallpaper ; Bioluminescent lighting ; Bathing system ; Decorative plastic furniture ; Inflatable furniture.