Rethinking Plastics in Product Design

"This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of plastics. Tracing the historical use of plastics through to today, and combining the latest theories and methods from sustainable transition design with real-life experiences of product designers and manufacturers, Geoff Isaacs identifies environmentally friendly solutions and provides practical guidance for designers who seek to use plastics more sustainably. Chapters include case studies of over sixty chairs made from renewable plastics to explore the complexities around working with a range of materials and their suitability for applications across other consumer products. The book also features interviews with international contemporary designers including Philippe Starck, Barber Osgerby, Konstanin Grcic, Bertjan Pot and Karim Rashid to illustrate recent successful designs using renewable plastics"--