TY - BOOK AU - Mackenzie,Dorothy TI - Green design: design for the environment SN - 1856690962 AV - NA2542.35 .M34 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - London PB - L. King KW - Engineering design KW - Environmental engineering KW - Industrial design KW - Green products N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index; 1. Introduction; -- 2. The background to environment issues; -- 3. Architecture and interior design; -- 4. Product design; -- 5. Packaging design; -- 6. Print and graphic design; -- 7. Textile design; -- 8. Changing face of design N2 - Green Design sets out to define clearly the issues designers face in making environmental considerations an integral part of the design process, and addresses the problems they may encounter in architecture and interior design; product design; packaging; print and graphics, and textiles; An environmental approach in the whole design-to-production cycle means that decisions must be made about choice of material, minimisation of resources, type of energy source, industrial treatments, the length of life of products, and how to dispose of them when they are no longer of use; Comprehensively revised to take account of recent developments, Green Design reports on the progress made in the area in the last five years, and provides updated guidelines for the design and manufacture of environmentally responsible goods ER -