Design Futures

Until recently, analysis of the future was left to forecasters and trendexperts. Today, however, designers and architects are playing anincreasingly important role, creating products and environments that willchange the way we live. Design Futures is a thought-provoking explorationof the radical directions that the creative industries are taking. Designexpert Bradley Quinn reveals how a new generation of products, materialsand surfaces will align design with such areas as artificial intelligence,genetic engineering and nanotechnology, reinventing the spaces in which welive and work, and how we experience the human body. Featuring interviewswith renowned designers, architects and trend forecasters - among themKarim Rashid, Toyo Ito and Li Edelkoort - and over 250 illustrations offuturistic products and concepts, this is a unique guide to some of thetwenty-first century's most compelling ideas.? A wide-ranging survey of the visionary products, new materials andrevolutionary technologies shaping the future of design? Interviews with today's leading international designers and architectsprovide a fascinating glimpse of the future? Includes a directory of practitioners at the cutting edge of architectureand design