Radical Matter

Rethinking Materials for a Sustainable Future

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A roadmap for product design professionals and students to the eight ‘Big Ideas’ in material innovation. With more than sixty case studies, Radical Matter showcases the designers and engineers who are disrupting and changing the ways products will be manufactured, distributed and consumed.

Rejecting old assumptions and revitalizing the principles of sustainable production, Radical Matter reimagines material and process to provide the manifesto for a revolution in material innovation.

Guaranteed to inform and inspire in equal measure, this book celebrates the designer and maker as an agent for radical change, disrupting the way we design, make and consume through material innovation. Framed by eight Big Ideas, with over sixty fully illustrated case studies featuring testimonies from global industry experts, this is an essential introduction to the cutting edge of design for a sustainable future.

Fit for designers at any level, this is nose-to-tail eating for the design world a vital resource for those looking to understand how to connect materials with manufacturing and the means of distribution and consumption.

Its time to turn the cycle from takemakewaste to makewastemake.
Edition type: New Format
Extent: 256 pp
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2019-07-04
Size: 25.5 x 21.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500295397
1) Today’s Waste, Tomorrow’s Raw Material; 2) Natural Assets; 3) Shit, Hair, Dust; 4) Material Connections; 5) Co-Creation; 6) Designed to Disappear; 7) Living Materials; and 8) Future Mining

Press Reviews

Important … an optimistic alternative vision of the future
Aesthetica

A new vision of the future of materials, design processes and manufacturing practices
Computer Arts

An interesting introduction to alternative methods and materials that could replace unsustainable practices in the future
Creative Review


About the Authors

Kate Franklin and Caroline Till are the co-founders of FranklinTill Studio, a multi-disciplinary design and research and trend-forecasting consultancy in London.

Caroline Till and Kate Franklin are the co-founders of FranklinTill Studio, a multi-disciplinary design and research and trend-forecasting consultancy in London.

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