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The designer's atlas of sustainability / Ann Thorpe.
Lippincott Library HC79.E5 T486 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thorpe, Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development.
- Industrial design--Environmental aspects.
- Industrial design.
- Physical Description:
- 225 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- In The Designer's Atlas of Sustainability, Ann Thorpe takes readers on an appealing visual tour of the landscape of sustainability to show how it is critical to the work of designers, ranging from architects to graphic artists. The Designer's Atlas encourages "development that cultivates environmental and social conditions that will support human well-being indefinitely." Designers and consumers alike will be intrigued by the connections the author reveals between our material comfort, our emotional well-being, and the health of our planet. The Designer's Atlas is a powerful reference and source of new ideas for anyone interested in harmonizing our human and natural systems.
- Contents:
- Part 2 Ecology 22
- Part 3 Economy 58
- Part 4 Culture 112
- Part 5 Frontiers 178.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781597260992
- 1597260991
- 9781597261005
- 1597261009
- OCLC:
- 74568695
- Online:
- Publisher description
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