Designing Lightness: Structures for Saving Energy
Ed Van Hinte
(Author)
Adriaan Beukers
(Author)
Description
A colorful, thoughtfully designed manifesto on the need to build lighter structures
This book is a call to build lighter. As a result of the rush to ever bigger cars, condos and airplanes, Dutch writers Adriaan Beukers and Ed van Hinte were forced to confront the combination of the growing costs of converting sufficient amounts of energy for production, distribution and waste disposal and the decreasing availability of raw materials. Beyond their call to build lighter, however, the authors give practical advice for doing so.
This richly illustrated book provides an extensive overview of everything involved in creating lightweight structures, offering a dazzling array of examples both from the past and future, covering everything from packaging to architecture, from hoverboards to spacecraft, ranging from abstract phenomena to bio-structures and from ancient discoveries to the newest technologies. Every detail is topped off with thorough but lighthearted explanations.Product Details
Price
$60.00
$55.20
Publisher
Nai010 Publishers
Publish Date
May 26, 2020
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.85 X 9.29 X 1.26 inches | 2.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9789462085466
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About the Author
Ed van Hinte studied aviation and space technology for some time in the seventies after which he switched to industrial design at Delft Technical University and graduated MSc Industrial Design. He is driven by a certain aversion to conventions within creative communities. He is a freelance writer, editor, curator and teacher. He initiated lightness-studios and currently he focuses on scenarios for introducing lightweight structures and buildings and on future value scenarios. In addition, together with Renate Boere he started design research facility DRS22 in The Hague. DRS22 performs design research in public space, communication and lightweight structures.
