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Materiology: The Creative Industry’s Guide To Materials And Technologies
Summary The creative industry’s guide to materials and technologies, written in a style that conveys a wealth of information in…
V&A: Fashioned from Nature – Edwina Ehrman & Emma Watson
Summary Fashion has always sought to celebrate nature—from sumptuous silks and floral patterns to the spectacular creations of designers such…
Materials Experience – Fundamentals of Materials and Design – Elvin Karana
Summary There currently exists an abundance of materials selection advice for designers suited to solving technical product requirements. In contrast,…
Nature: Collaborations in Design – McQuaid, Condell, Bertrand
Summary With design, we have the ability to become active agents in our relationship with nature. As humans contend with…
Next Nature Book (2019) – Koert van Mensvoort
This book is written in Dutch Summary Bij ‘natuur’ denken we eerder aan een bos dan aan een snelweg. Maar…
Next Nature Book – Next Nature Network
We debate saving nature, we dream about escaping to nature, but rarely do we ask “What is nature?”. The Next…
The Blue Economy – Gunter Pauli
“Gunter Pauli (born 1956 in Antwerp) is an entrepreneur and author of The Blue Economy. He has been called “”The…
Form Follows Organism – Emma van der Leest
‘Form Follows Organism: The biological computer’ is a book about biodesign and the shifting role of the (product) designer. ‘Form…
