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Radical Matter : rethinking materials for a sustainable future

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London Thames and Hudson 2019Description: 256pISBN:
  • 9780500295397
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.2 FRA
Contents:
Contents Foreword 6 Introduction 8 1 Today's Waste, Tomorrow’s Raw Material 12 Can we tap into industrial and domestic waste streams as tomorrow's source of raw material? 2 Natural Assets 42 Is it possible to rethink the harvesting and production of natural resources to find new applications that minimize waste? 3 Shit, Hair, Dust 74 From disgust to desire, how can design reimagine human and animal detritus as a sustainable 4 Material Connections 108 Can materials and making connect communities and promote the exchange of knowledge and ideas? 5 Co-Creation 142 Could digital fabrication enable us to design and manufacture on demand with minimal waste? 6 Designed to Disappear 166 How can disposable products and materials be redesigned to disappear and leave no trace? 7 Living Materials 190 What if living materials could be grown in labs and become the factories of the future? 8 Future Mining 218 What materials will we mine in the future as a result of human impact on the planet? Image Credits 252 Index 254 About the Authors 256 Acknowledgments 256
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Contents
Foreword 6
Introduction 8
1 Today's Waste,
Tomorrow’s Raw Material 12
Can we tap into industrial and domestic waste streams as tomorrow's source of raw material?
2 Natural Assets 42
Is it possible to rethink the harvesting and production of natural resources to find new applications that minimize waste?
3 Shit, Hair, Dust 74
From disgust to desire, how can design reimagine human and animal detritus as a sustainable
4 Material Connections 108
Can materials and making connect communities and promote the exchange of knowledge
and ideas?
5 Co-Creation 142
Could digital fabrication enable us to design and manufacture on demand with minimal waste?
6 Designed to Disappear 166
How can disposable products and materials be redesigned to disappear and leave no trace?
7 Living Materials 190
What if living materials could be grown in labs and become the factories of the future?
8 Future Mining 218
What materials will we mine in the future as a result of human impact on the planet?
Image Credits 252
Index 254
About the Authors 256
Acknowledgments 256

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