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Title Designers, visionaries and other stories : a collection of sustainable design essays / edited by Jonathan Chapman and Nick Gant.

Publication Info. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 154 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Re-defining the purpose of (sustainable) design : enter the design enablers, catalysts in co-design / Alastair Fuad-Luke -- Design redux / Stuart Walker -- The scenario of a multi-local society : creative communities, active networks and enabling solutions / Ezio Manzini -- Relative abundance : Fuller's discovery that the glass is always half full / John Wood -- Clothes that connect / Kate Fletcher.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Summary "Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories unpacks the complex and crucial debates surrounding sustainable design to deliver a compelling manifesto for change, at a time of looming ecological crisis, mounting environmental legislation and limited progress. This is a book about sustainable design, by the leading sustainable design thinkers, for creative practitioners, professionals, students and academics. This challenging work provides the reader with a rich resource of future visions, critical propositions, creative ideas and design strategies for working towards a sustainable tomorrow, today."--Jacket.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Sustainable design.
Sustainable design.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Chapman, Jonathan, 1974-
Gant, Nick.
Other Form: Print version: Designers, visionaries and other stories. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007 9781844074136 (DLC) 2007009558 (OCoLC)86038131
ISBN 9781849770965 (electronic book)
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1844074129 (paperback)
1844074137 (hardback)
9781844074129 (paperback)
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Standard No. 2749570
10.4324/9781849770965