{"product_id":"post-petroleum-design-george-elvin-9781138853898","title":"Post-Petroleum Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite 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. \u003ci\u003ePost-Petroleum Design\u003c\/i\u003e brings them together for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will be introduced to the most current, innovative, plastic-and petroleum-free products and projects in industrial design, architecture, transportation, electronics, apparel and more. \u003cem\u003ePost-Petroleum Design\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePost-Petroleum Design\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Elvin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138853895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138853898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d","brand":"George Elvin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659260113151,"sku":"9781138853898","price":255.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/post-petroleum-design-george-elvin-9781138853898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}