Green design : design for the environment / Dorothy Mackenzie ; researchers, Louise Moss, Julia Engelhardt, Rochelle Martyn

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

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