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  Design Now: Designs for Life - From Eco-design to Design-art (Paperback)(German / French / English) Edited by Charlotte Fiell, Edited by Peter Fiell

  

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  Short Description for Design NowPresenting an exploration of contemporary design practice, this book calls for a sustainable approach to product design of various types. It illustrates the work by 90 of the world's leading designers and design-led manufacturing companies, while also featuring their statements that give an insight into the nature of 3-dimensional design.
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  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH
  • Published: 25 November 2007
  • Format: Paperback 576 pages
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  • Categories: Art History: From c 1960 | Art & Design Styles: Postmodernism | Industrial / Commercial Art & Design
  • ISBN 13: 9783822852675 ISBN 10: 3822852678
  • Sales rank: 202,610

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Full description for Design Now

• Not only an in-depth exploration of contemporary design practice, this book is also a rallying call for a more sustainable approach to product design of every type. Visually stunning and highly informative, "Design Now!" illustrates the latest work by 90 of the world's leading designers and design-led manufacturing companies, while also featuring in-their-own-words statements that give a unique insight into the nature of 3-dimensional design today. Additionally, the editors' introductory essay authoritatively outlines the main issues facing designers, manufacturers and consumers, and offers a perceptive vision for a better way forward that focuses on the need to reduce, reuse, and recycle."Design Now!" is an essential must-have for anyone interested in design and the road towards a greener future.Examples of selected designers and design-led companies featured include: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Ecotricity, Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Intelligent Energy, Jonathan Ive (Apple Computer), LOT-EK, Ross Lovegrove, Marine Current Turbines, Jasper Morrison, Marc Newson, POC, Philips Design, Seymourpowell, and, Tokujin Yoshioka.