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Essential for anyone who wants to live a green but design-conscious life – Blueprint‘If you want a helping hand in staying chic and getting green you would do well to pick up a copy of this handbook’ – The Eco-Design Handbook is the most comprehensive publication to catalogue and represent the vast array of ingenious green products available to the consumer. A complete sourcebook of beautifully designed, ecologically sensitive and consumer-friendly objects for everyday use at home and in the office. Scrutinizing every aspect of our designed world, The Eco-Design Handbook – now completely revised and updated – offers the most innovative, ecologically sensitive and consumer-friendly products for all areas of the home and office, including environmentally sound building materials. Some pieces are prototypes, while some are already classics; many others are destined to become part of the design canon. • More than 550 detailed product listings • 140 carefully selected building materials • information on hundreds of designers, manufacturers and green organizations Whether you are interested in design or the sustainability of our environment, whether you are building a house or looking for new furniture, whether your office is buying stationery supplies or looking for ergonomic chairs, The Eco-Design Handbook is the definitive resource, invaluable for both the lay consumer and the design professional. Alastair Fuad-Luke is an international sustainable design facilitator, consultant, educator, writer and activist. He is the author of several books on eco-design including The Eco-Travel Handbook, also published by Thames & Hudson.