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Plastic: Remaking Our World
The complex life of plastic, from global success story to ecological conundrum and beyondPlastic has shaped our...
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The complex life of plastic, from global success story to ecological conundrum and beyond
Plastic has shaped our daily lives like no other material. Originally associated with convenience, progress and even revolution, today plastic seems to have lost its utopian appeal. Plastic is everywhere, yet most conspicuous as waste and as a key factor in the global environmental crisis.
This book examines the success story of plastic in the 20th century and at the same time presents the different discourses on how we should manage the waste the material produces and also find solutions that take into account its entire life cycle in the future. Mark Miodownik, Susan Freinkel and Nanjala Nyabola each contribute an essay that sheds light on the history of plastics from 1850 to today. A material-rich visual chronology illustrates how consumers' perception of plastics has changed over the decades; brief descriptions of a selection of 50 objects examine the importance of plastics for material culture; and reprints of fundamental texts about the history of plastics--for example, by Alexander Parkes and Roland Barthes--provide a context from the history of ideas.
The book juxtaposes the current discourse and state of research on plastic with numerous individual interviews and panel discussions that were held with designers, representatives from industry, researchers and environmental activists. Underpinning these conversations are comprehensive data visualizations on plastic production, consumption and the spread of plastic around the world.
Author: Mateo Kries
Publisher: Vitra Design Museum
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 10.40h x 7.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9783945852477
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