Julia Watson Lo—Tek Design By Radical Indigenism Julian Taschen Gmbh Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Architecture

Three Hundred Years Ago Intellectuals Of The European Enlightenment Constructed A Mythology Technology Influenced By Confluence Humanism Colonialism And Racism This Ignored Local Wisdom Indigenous Innovation Deeming It Primitive Today We Have Slowly Come To Realize That Legacy Is Haunting Us Designers Understand Urgency Reducing Humanity’s Negative Environmental Impact Yet Perpetuate Same Relies On Exploiting Nature Responding Climate Change Building Hard Infrastructures Favoring High-Tech Homogenous Design Are Ignoring Millennia-Old Knowledge How Live In Symbiosis With Without Implementing Soft Systems Use Biodiversity As Block Designs Remain Inherently Unsustainable Lo—Tek Derived From Traditional Ecological Cumulative Body Multigenerational Practices Beliefs Countering Idea Exists Isolated Sophisticated Designed Sustainably Work Complex Ecosystems Foreword Anthropologist Wade Davis Four Chapters Spanning Mountains Forests Deserts Wetlands Julia Watson Explores Thousands Human Ingenuity 18 Countries Including Peru Philippines Tanzania Kenya Iran Iraq India Indonesia Rediscover An Ancient Contemporary Context Radicalizing Spirit Tactile Reading Experience Reflects Carefully Selected Projects Details: Copper Highlights Value Cardboard Hardcover Echoes Rawness Swiss Binding Showcases Open Spine Reveals Construction Book Just Discloses Hidden Technological Σελίδες: 420 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1213 Διαστάσεις: 17X17Cm