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>