$70.95 (Paperback book / Earthscan Pubn / ISBN:9781844074815)
Sustainable Fashion And Textiles
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys brings together for the first time information about lifecycle sustainability impacts of fashion and textiles, practical alternatives, design concepts and social innovation. It challenges existing ideas about the scope and potential of sustainability issues in fashion and textiles, and sets out a more pluralistic, engaging and forward-looking picture, drawing on ideas of systems thinking, human needs, local products, slow fashion and participatory design, as well as knowledge of materials.
The book not only defines the field, it also challenges it, and uses design ideas to help shape more sustainable products and promote social change. Arranged in two sections, the first four chapters represent key stages of the lifecycle: material cultivation/extraction, production, use and disposal. The remaining four chapters explore design approaches for altering the scale and nature of consumption, including service design, localism, speed and user involvement. While each of these chapters is complete in and of itself, their real value comes from what they represent together: innovative ways of thinking about textiles and garments based on sustainability values and an interconnected approach to design.
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Sustainable Fashion And Textiles
$70.95 (Paperback book / Earthscan Pubn )
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Climate Change What You Can Do About It
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Macmillan )
We can all make a difference in lessening the severity and impact of climate change. This book, written by two leading science communicators in the field of climate change, takes you through the simple yet effective thin... More »
Thirsty Country Options For Australians
$27.95 (Paperback book / Jacana )
Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world and current global warming forecasts are for it to become drier still but what do we do about it? Schemes abound but will they work, can we afford them and are the... More »
World Without Us
$27.95 (Paperback book / Virgin Publishing )
What if mankind disappeared right now, forever … what would happen to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet’s climate ever recover from human activity? How would nature destroy our huge cities and o... More »
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis And The Coming Battle For The Right To Water
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Black Inc )
"Life requires access to clean water; to deny the right to water is to deny the right to life."- from the introduction to Blue Covenant.
Scientists call them "hot stains" - the parts of the earth running out of clean, dr... More »
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Climate Code Red: The Case For Emergency Action
$27.95 (Trade paperback / Scribe Publications )
In this meticulously documented call-to-action, David Spratt and Philip Sutton reveal extensive scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is far worse than official reports and national governments have indicate... More »
June 2008 Art and Design
Le Corbusier Le Grand
$250.00$225.00 (Hardcover book / )
''He is the Leonardo of our time.'' - Eero Saarinen ''He has provided enough for a whole generation to live on.'' - Walter Gropius ''The world's greatest architect.'' - Oscar Niemeyer ''Without question No. 1.'' - Philip... More »
Kara Walker: My Complement My Enemy My Oppressor My Love
$79.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Art Centre )
Kara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation. Over the past decade, she has gained international recognition for her room-sized tableaux, which depict historical narratives haunte... More »
Sustainable Fashion And Textiles
$70.95 (Paperback book / Earthscan Pubn )
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys brings together for the first time information about lifecycle sustainability impacts of fashion and textiles, practical alternatives, design concepts and social innovati... More »
A Place In The Country
$69.95 (Hardcover book / Craftsman House )
A Place in the Country is a stylish look at the new architecture of rural Australia and New Zealand. Forty-seven rural retreats have been superbly photographed and are presented in their natural settings; from bushland t... More »
Field Guide To The North American Family
$39.95 (Hardcover book / Mark Batty Publisher )
Whimsy, anthropology and an artist’s eye for the poetry of the everyday, combine to create a delightful A to Z of family life. You can create you own narrative by cross-referencing entries to suit your own tastes. Quirky... More »