Design Impulse: No. 2: Bikes Cars Colours More Smart Ideas (Design Impulse: Bikes Cars Colours More Smart Ideas)

An engrossing book looking forward at the design of transportation in the 21st century - from bikes, parachutes, cars and shoes to high-tech urban train systems - from the industrial design program at the university in Graz, Austria, considered by many the world's academic leader. The eco-green cover of this small but densely packed, copiously illustrated, full-color book shows the environmental mindset of the projects, which were developed from an exhibition at 2010 Designforum in Vienna. A delightful collection of mind-expanding ideas, the projects apply the latest design thinking to the problem of getting around. The Graz program, headed by distinguished designer/educator Gerhard Heufler (represented in the MoMA NY design collection), consults with Audi, BMW, Porsche Design Studio and other design-focused industrial giants.

Professor Gerhard Heufler is designer and co-founder of the Polytechnic Industrial Design course of studies in Graz, which he has led since 1995. Heufler's award-winning works can be seen in the Design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His book 'Design Basics: An introduction to Industrial Design' is considered a standard work and has been translated into English and Chinese.