Living construction / Martyn Dade-Robertson.
Publisher: London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]Copyright date: �2021Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 183 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: EBC6350359ISBN: 9780429777080 (e-book)Subject(s): Design and technologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Living construction.DDC classification: 745.4 LOC classification: NK1520 | .D334 2021Online resources: Click to View| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Modern biotechnologies give us unprecedented control of the fundamental building blocks of life. For designers, across a range of disciplines, emerging fields such as synthetic biology offer the promise of new sustainable materials and structures which may be grown, are self-assembling, self-healing and adaptable to change. While there is a thriving speculative discourse on the future of design in the age of biotechnology, there are few realized design applications.
This book, the first in the Bio Design series, acts as a bridge between design speculation and scientific reality and between contemporary design thinking, in areas such as architecture, product design and fashion design, and the traditional engineering approaches which currently dominate biotechnologies. Filled with real examples, Living Construction reveals how living cells construct and transform materials through methods of fabrication and assembly at multiple scales and how designers can utilize these processes.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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