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Title: Bio Design : Nature, Science, Creativity
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Limited
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0500516278
ISBN 13: 9780500516270
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 3.02 pounds

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BioDesign is an inspiring resource for designers, architects, engineers, and students. Featuring 73 projects at the intersection of biology and design, it surveys artworks, prototypes and architectural concepts that harness living materials and processes, presenting bio-integrated approaches to achieving sustainability, new innovations enabled by biotechnology, and provocative experiments that deliberately illustrate the dangers and opportunities of manipulating life for human ends. Ranging from fabrics and "concrete" made with bacteria to arbor-architecture, these projects are now more pertinent than ever. By examining how this new phenomenon fits into the history of architecture, art, and industrial design, William Myers contextualizes the shift toward biodesign through comparisons to previous historic transitions in art and design practices, clarifying its implications for the future.

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William Myers is a writer, teacher, and curator based in Amsterdam. He has worked for the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Guggenheim, and Genspace, the first community biotech lab in the United States. His writing has appeared in Metropolis magazine, The Architect's Newspaper, and New York Magazine.

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