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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Discover a curated collection of books that delve into the worlds of design culture, material research, and circular design. To explore more stories online, visit the blog.

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DESIGN​ CULTURE

  • Rawsthorn, A., (2018). "Design as an Attitude", Jrp Ringier Kunstverlag Ag.

  • Formafantasma, (2021). "Cambio", NERO.

  • Fisher, M., (2009). "Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?", Zero Books.

  • Ivoi, I., (2024). "La cerniera. La spinta gentile al servizio della sostenibilità", Pacini Editore.

  • Bauman, Z. (2000). "Liquid Modernity", John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

  • Mari, E., (1974). "Autoprogettazione?", Corraini Edizioni.

  • Lorusso, S., (2023). "What Design Can’t Do. Essays on Design and Disillusion", Set Margins'.

  • Munari, B., (1966). "Design as Art", Laterza.

  • Corrado, M., (2019). "Design. Una storia sbagliata", Armillaria Edizioni.

  • Manzini, E., (2021). "Abitare la prossimità", Egea.

  • Rawsthorn, A., & Antonelli, P., (2022). "Design Emergency: Building a Better Future", Phaidon Press.

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ECOLOGY AND NEW MATERIALS​

  • Papanek, V., (1971). "Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change"

  • McDonough, W., & Braungart, M.,(2003). "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things", North Point Press.

  • Watson, J., (2019). "Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism", Taschen.

  • Escobar, A., (2018). "Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds", Duke University Press Book.

  • Mancuso, S., & Conti, G., (2023). "The Nation of Plants", Other Press.

  • Mancuso, S., & Conti, G., (2025). "Phytopolis: The Living City", Other Press.

  • Mancuso, S., (2024). "Tree Stories: How trees plant our world and connect our lives", Profile Books Ltd.

  • Facchinato, G. D., (2022). "Color is Alive", Self-published by Studio Greta Facchinato.

  • Linden, D., (2024), "Better Things: Materials for Sustainable Product Design", Laurence King Pub.

  • Norman, D., (2023), "Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered", MIT Press.

  • Antonelli, P., (2020), "Neri Oxman: Material Ecology", MoMA.

  • Lefteri, C., (2014), "Materials for Design", Laurence King Publishing.

  • Karana, E., & Pedgley, O., & Rognoli, V., (2021), "Materials Experience 2: Expanding Territories of Materials and Design", Elsevier.

  • Camere, S., & Karana, E. (2017), "Material Designers Boosting talent towards circular economies", Princeton Architectural Press.

  • Kaarianen, E. P., & Tervinen, L., (2020), "The CHEMARTS Cookbook", Aalto University 

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