Alice Rawsthorn

Acclaimed author Alice Rawsthorn revises her bestselling field guide to design in the wake of a pandemic, intensified ecological disaster and political crisis Three years after its initial release, Alice Rawsthorn's bestselling volume is republished in an expanded edition, updated in response to recent political and ecological transformations across the world. Entirely revised by the author, the book is enriched by a new chapter on design's response to climate emergency; it also addresses COVID-19's impact on design across numerous updated chapters. Today, the field of design is responding to intense economic, political and ecological instability with resourcefulness and creativity. Public interest is soaring as a new generation of designers uses advanced technologies to pursue their political and environmental objectives in increasingly ambitious projects, as well as to reinvent the objects and spaces we use every day. Written by one of the world's leading design and culture