The Total Beauty of Sustainable Products

Edwin Datschefski
169 pp | 230 x 277mm | Paperback
Published by RotoVision, 2001 ISBN 2-88046-545-1

A showcase for the best in sustainable design, this handbook is for anyone involved in designing, making or selling consumer products. Packed with stunning colour photographs, this book uses an easy- to- learn system for understanding the environmental and social impacts of products and their manufacture -- and shows how products can be cyclic, solar, safe, efficient and social.

Contents include:

The Hidden Ugliness Of An Ordinary Day Describes how everyday products, while attractive on the surface, have hidden ecological and social impacts.

Towards Total Beauty Shows how with good design, products can be made in beautiful ways that do not harm workers or the environment.

Cyclic, Solar, Safe, Efficient and Social A quick and easy way to understand the ecological and social impacts of products, and techniques for improvement.

The Total Beauty of a Sustainable Day Examples in the form of a story of one person's day using the world's most sustainable products, with photos and descriptions.

How to Assess the Beauty of Products Technique for scoring a product so you know where to focus improvement efforts.

Materials are the Message A selection of interesting materials that are recycled or grown from plants or have other cyclic, solar and safe properties.

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