Massive Change

A Manifesto for the Future of Global Design


A primer on new inventions, technologies and events transforming our lives.


Bruce Mau with Jennifer Leonard and The Institute Without Boundaries


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Price: USD$35.00

350 points
 


Specifications

Overview
  • A user's guide to our planet; how it is now and how it could be
  • Compelling popular primer of what's new and happening in materials, technology, science, manufacturing and current events - perfect for the politically aware
  • Texts by and interviews with the world's leading scientists, writers, designers, engineers and others influencing culture today in easy-to-read format that can be read cover to cover or in bits and pieces
  • More than 300 fascinating photographs, all with informative, descriptive captions; subjects range from genetically modified foods and new plastics developed by NASA, to power grids and the human genome
  • Part of the Massive Change programme that includes an international travelling exhibition curated and designed by Bruce Mau Design, concurrent radio programme, lecture series and ongoing website debate



In The Press
'Nothing less than a design for life.' (Art Review)

'Massive Change is about everything and everybody ... intelligent, visually provocative ... not just a modern guide to technologies, but also a discussion of how they affect our planet.' (Building Engineer)

'The most unusual design book of the year ... This is in-depth thinking.' (Financial Times)

'With impeccable artistic contributions ... and informed articles, Massive Change muses on the trends that will shape this century.' (Wallpaper*)

'A well-argued, well-illustrated and indeed inspiring book that breaks from the usual mould.' (FX)

''Sings like an ode to sustainable development.' (Dazed & Confused)

'GLOBAL WAKE-UP CALL In a back cover tag-line that wouldn't seem out of place on a movie poster, it boldly states that 'Massive Change is not about the world of design; it's about the design of the world.' Amazingly, it manages to live up to his assertion. ... Yes, it's idealistic, but you'll be so engrossed in the texts, images and sheer self-belief that you'll forgive it. ... Enormous in its scope, Massive Change is a wake-up call to everyone concerned with the 'sustainability' of the human race on earth. And its' only 20 quid. Incredible!' ( Architectural Review)

' With 250 color and 50 B&W photos in a fractally chaotic layout, and a text that speaks in affirmative sound bites, this book offers a vision of the world in a package designed to get readers excited about stoves that burn peanut shells, superlight gels that can protect flowers from flame, and plants and microbes that turn open sewers into water supplies. It succeeds beautifully.' (Publishers Weekly)

'Bruce Mau is as close as you'll get to a design-world hero.' (Surface)


About the author(s)

Bruce Mau is the President and Creative Director of Bruce Mau Design, which has gained international recognition for innovative multidisciplinary work. He is the author of Life Style, published by Phaidon, and designed and conceived the award-winning book S,M,L,XL with Rem Koolhaas. The Institute Without Boundaries is a postgraduate, research-orientated design programme headquartered at Bruce Mau Design.



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