Design Emergency

Building a Better Future

Design Emergency
Alice Rawsthorn, Paola Antonelli
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Hardback
h210 x 146mm - 320pg
5 May 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781838664275
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Two of the world' s most influential design figures meet the visionary designers whose innovations and ingenuity give us hope for the future by redesigning and reconstructing our lives, enabling us to thrive Design Emergency tells the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists, who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes - Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology - Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.
"A must-have book. " - Fast Company
Alice Rawsthorn is an award-winning design critic and author whose latest books include Design as an Attitude and Hello World: Where Design Meets Life. Based in London, she wrote a weekly design column for the New York Times for over a decade. Paola Antonelli is a celebrated curator of contemporary architecture and design based in New York at The Museum of Modern Art. Her recent endeavors, include the online project Design and Violence and the exhibition Broken Nature.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781838664275
Published: 5 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Phaidon Press
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 146mm
Spine: 25mm
Pages: 320

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