Written for practicing designers and students in industrial design, architecture, sustainable design, and human-centred design, this book proposes a new approach to design that harnesses still-valuable alternative, traditional and abandoned technologies over the creation of new ones to address contemporary global concerns.

Written for practicing designers and students in industrial design, architecture, sustainable design, and human-centred design, this book proposes a new approach to design that harnesses still-valuable alternative, traditional and abandoned technologies over the creation of new ones to address contemporary global concerns.