Anneke van Waesberghe

Gebundenes Buch

Haute Couture Architecture

The Art of Living Without Walls

Beschreibung

Haute Couture Architecture: The Art of Living Without Walls by Anneke van Waesberghe is so much more than a book about sustainable design in tented architecture or green hotel design. It is a memoir and the story of a very personal journey from the excesses of modern times to a new state of being, one in which rampant consumerism has been replaced by a more thoughtful design for living sustainably and in harmony with the rhythms of the planet. She leads readers to encounter a new paradigm by showing the luxury of simplicity and the beauty of small things. Applying her design for the environment principles, van Waesberghe chronicles this transition in a highly individual account of her journey from a successful social entrepreneur to an enlightened designer. The book overflows with specially made full color photographs, delicate watercolors, and compelling illustrations. It is part design manifesto, part personal diary, and part manual for future sustainable living.

Autor

Dutch-born Anneke van Waesberghe is an author, designer, and environmentalist. By the age of 32, she had created and sold an international publishing company based out of Brussels. With these proceeds, she established a nonprofit organization that brought together sustainable design culture from Japan and the West. In the early nineties her nonprofit, East Meets West, developed Design For the Environment (DFE) guidelines, sponsored by AT&T, JP Morgan, 3M, the Dutch Agency for Energy and Environment (NOVEM) and the National Endowment for the Arts. The DFE guidelines were adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to whom she, together with her foundation and the Dutch Government, presented draft proposals for corporate environmental reporting and green tax initiatives. The DFE guidelines were endorsed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the Council of European Communities, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, NOVEM and the Environmental Defense Fund. She guest-lectured design for the environment at design schools worldwide, and consulted for multinationals around the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In 1997 she moved from New York to Ho Chi Minh City, and finally Bali, where she established Escape Nomade, a producer of sustainable luxury tented accommodations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oro Editions
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 308mm x 217mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1852g
• ISBN-13: 9781954081628
• ISBN-10: 1954081626
• Artikelnr.: 62757728