Post-Petroleum Design

<p>Despite 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. <i>Post-Petroleum Design</i> brings them together for the first time.</p><p>Readers will be introduced to the most current innovative plastic-and petroleum-free products and projects in industrial design architecture transportation electronics apparel and more. <em>Post-Petroleum Design</em> 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. </p><p><em>Post-Petroleum Design</em> 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.</p>