Radical Matter

Name: Radical Matter
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500295397
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Rethinking Materials for a Sustainable Future

By Caroline Till and Kate Franklin

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Radical Matter by Caroline Till and Kate Franklin explores innovative design approaches that challenge traditional material usage in arts and culture. The book delves into sustainable practices, showcasing how designers transform waste and natural resources into eco-friendly creations. It highlights the potential of materials to address environmental concerns while fostering creativity and cultural progress.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in sustainable design practices and the future of materials in creativity. It explores innovative ideas that challenge the conventional notions of material usage in art and culture, focusing on environmentally responsible solutions.

A roadmap for product design professionals and students to the eight ‘Big Ideas’ in material innovation. With more than sixty case studies, Radical Matter showcases the designers and engineers who are disrupting and changing the ways products will be manufactured, distributed and consumed.

A manifesto for revolution in material innovation

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Radical Matter: Rethinking Materials for a Sustainable Future presents the eight 'Big Ideas' that will shape and inform the choices of materials, design methods, and manufacturing processes made by designers in the years ahead.

This book draws from a global community of designers who are pushing boundaries with new and disruptive approaches to their use of materials and design processes that go beyond the notion of 'sustainable design'. Holistic systems of design, production, and consumption that will benefit our world environmentally, socially, and economically are now possible, and material innovation will be a crucial element in achieving that goal.

The eight 'Big Ideas' unpack the themes and ideas that are impacting on our material world through cutting-edge case studies and expert opinions:

Today's Waste, Tomorrow's Raw Material
Natural Assets
Shit, Hair, Dust
Material Connections
Co-Creation
Designed to Disappear
Living Materials
Future Mining

Each 'Big Idea' includes fully illustrated case studies from leading designers and engineers who are at the cutting edge of material and design technology.

Packed with expert ideas and radical solutions to the current global changes faced by the design and manufacturing industries, Radical Matter contains a wealth of information to help design professionals and students turn revolutionary concepts into reality.

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Radical Matter by Caroline Till and Kate Franklin offers an optimistic and innovative perspective on future materials and design processes. It is appreciated for showcasing alternative methods that can potentially replace unsustainable practices, presenting an engaging introduction to new possibilities in arts and culture.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500295397

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 1020g

Pages: 256

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Arts & Culture Caroline Till Education & Reference Kate Franklin Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Kate Franklin and Caroline Till are the co-founders of FranklinTill Studio, a multi-disciplinary design and research and trend-forecasting consultancy in London. Caroline Till and Kate Franklin are the co-founders of FranklinTill Studio, a multi-disciplinary design and research and trend-forecasting consultancy in London.