Culture of Nature in the History of Design

Name: Culture of Nature in the History of Design
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Culture of Nature in the History of DesignAuthor(s): Kjetil Fallan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138601918, 978-1138601918\nSynopsis\nThe Culture of Nature in the History of Design confronts the dilemma caused by designs pertinent yet precarious position in environmental discourse through interdisciplinary conversations about the design of nature and the nature of design. Demonstrating that the deep entanglements of design and nature have a deeper and broader history than contemporary discourse on sustainable design and ecological design might imply, this book presents case studies ranging from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century and from Singapore to Mexico. It gathers scholarship on a broad range of fields/practices, from urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture, to engineering design, industrial design, furniture design and graphic design. \n\nFrom adobe architecture to the atomic.