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 $55.80

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

BISAC Categories:

Sustainability & Green Design

Methods & Materials

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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.