Post-petroleum design / George Elvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elvin, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Product design.

Materials.

Green products.

Sustainable engineering.

Environmental protection.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 257 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Oil and its impacts

pt. 2. Oil and plastic

pt. 3. Post-petroleum design

pt. 4. Building a post-petroleum world

pt. 5. Principles of post-petroleum design

pt. 6. Life in the post-petroleum era.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 02, 2020)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315722498

9781317525134

9781317525110

9781317525127

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.