Vezzoli, Carlo.

Design for environmental sustainability / Carlo Vezzoli, Ezio Manzini. - [Berlin] ; London : Springer, 2010. - xviii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Originally published, Bologna : Zanichelli, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainability and discontinuity -- Products, contexts and capacities -- A social learning process -- Life cycle design -- Minimising resource consumption -- Selecting low impact resources and processes -- Product lifetime optimisation -- Extending the lifespan of materials -- Facilitating disassembly -- System design for eco-efficiency -- Environmental complexity and designing activity -- Estimating the environmental impact of products : life cycle assessment -- Environmentally sustainable design-orienting tools -- Evolution of sustainability in design research and practice -- Appendices.


Translated from the Italian.

9781848001626 (hbk.) 1848001622 (hbk.) 9781849967419 1848001630 (ebook) 9781848001633 (ebook)

2008930165

GBA802162 bnb

014480146 Uk


Sustainable design.
Industrial design--Environmental aspects.
Écoconception.
Design--Aspect de l'environnement.

TS171.4 / .V49 2008

745.2