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In the Bubble(Updated)
Designing in a Complex World (The MIT Press)
by John Thackara
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-70115-0, ISBN: 0-262-70115-4

"We're filling up the world with technology and devices, but we've lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In the Bubble: Designing for a Complex World. These are tough questions for the pushers of technology to answer. Our economic system is centered on technology, so it ..."






How to Thrive in the Next Economy(1st Edition)
Designing Tomorrow's World Today
by John Thackara
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2017 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29294-5, ISBN: 0-500-29294-9

"“Enlightening… In thoughtful vignettes, Thackara examines numerous grassroots initiatives around the world [and] proposes ‘an economy based on social energy,’ that uses a very small percentage of the resources presently used… Recommended.”―ChoiceAre there practical solutions to the many global challenges―climate change, poverty, insufficient healthcare―that threaten our way of life? Author John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the g ..."






How to Thrive in the Next Economy(1st Edition)
Designing Tomorrow's World Today
by John Thackara
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2015 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51808-3, ISBN: 0-500-51808-4

"A visionary yet practical guide to building a more sustainable future, by one of the most important voices in environmentally aware design Are there practical solutions to the many global challenges―climate change, poverty, insufficient healthcare―that threaten our way of life? Author John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs. In this clear-eyed but ultimately optimistic book, he arg ..."






In the Bubble(1st Edition)
Designing in a Complex World (MIT Press)
by John Thackara
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2005 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-20157-5, ISBN: 0-262-20157-7

"We're filling up the world with technology and devices, but we've lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In the Bubble: Designing for a Complex World. These are tough questions for the pushers of technology to answer. Our economic system is centered on technology, so it ..."






BARCELONA +
by John Thackara, Actar Magazine, Actar Staff
Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2001 by North Light Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9708779-0-1, ISBN: 0-9708779-0-0






Winners!(1st Edition)
How Today's Successful Companies Innovate by Design
by John Thackara
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1997 by Gower Pub Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-566-07954-2, ISBN: 0-566-07954-2

"Innovation is essential for survival, but it can also hold the key to fantastic success. If innovation is important to you, this book will inspire you by showing you how others have innovated their way to success."






Design After Modernism(1st Edition)
Beyond the Object
by John Thackara
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1988 by Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-23483-9, ISBN: 0-500-23483-3






Eva Jiricna Designs(1st Edition)
(Megas)
by Alvin Boyarsky, Eva Jiricna, John Thackara, Princeton Architectural Press, Aa. Vv
Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 2004 by Aa Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-904503-84-5, ISBN: 0-904503-84-4

"Czech-born architect Eva Jiricna provides the architectural setting for some of the most stylist fashion outlets in London, Paris, Germany and the US. "Mega VI "features 12 of her London schemes. A fully illustrated interview tells the story of her background in Czechoslovakia and the impact on her work of the architectural scene she discovered on moving to London after the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968."






Designers Visionaries and Other Stories(1st Edition)
A Collection of Sustainable Design Essays
by Jonathan Chapman, Nick Gant, John Thackara, Alastair Fuad-Luke, Stuart Walker, Ezio Manzini, John Wood, Kate Fletcher
Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge
Kindle Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-413-6, ISBN: 1-84407-413-7

"Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories unpacks the complex and crucial debates surrounding sustainable design to deliver a compelling manifesto for change, at a time of looming ecological crisis, mounting environmental legislation and limited progress. This is a book about sustainable design, by the leading sustainable design thinkers, for creative practitioners, professionals, students and academics. This challenging work provides th ..."






Wouldn't It Be Great If We Could Live Sustainably By Design?(1st Edition)
by John Thackara, Design Council
Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2007 by Dott 07, Design Council
ISBN-13: 978-1-904335-15-3, ISBN: 1-904335-15-2

"Dott (Designs of the time) is a collaboration between the Design Council and, in 2007, the regional development agency One North East."






The MIT Press Ser.
In the Bubble : Designing in a Complex World
by John Thackara
336 Pages, Published 2006 by Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-25037-5, ISBN: 0-262-25037-3

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In the Bubble
Designing in a Complex World
by John Thackara
Published 2005
ISBN-13: 978-1-4237-3080-4, ISBN: 1-4237-3080-1






The Book of Kings - A Novel(1st Edition)
by James Thackara, John Thackara
Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 1999 by Overlook Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-87951-923-0, ISBN: 0-87951-923-1






European Community
Design Prize 1994
by European Design Partnership, Andrew Bradley, Deborah Martin, John Thackara
142 Pages, Published 1994
ISBN-13: 978-0-9523727-0-7, ISBN: 0-9523727-0-3






Ecstacity(Illustrated)
by Etc. Nigel Coates, Nigel Ill: Coates, John Thackara, Architectural Association, Brian Hatton
Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1992 by Architectural Association Publications
ISBN-13: 978-1-870890-22-9, ISBN: 1-870890-22-1

"A book which portrays a future view of London as conceived by one of Britain's leading avant-garde architects, Nigel Coates. Cities are physically the sum of their buildings, roads, tunnels, tracks and towers."






Daniel Weil
Light Box (Box)
by Dawn Ades, Nigel Coates, Christopher Jones, John Thackara, Daniel Weil, Daniel Ades, Architectural Association
Paperback, 38 Pages, Published 1985 by Architectural Association Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-904503-63-0, ISBN: 0-904503-63-1






Architects' Data(2nd Edition)
Handbook of Building Types
by Ernst Neufert, Vincent Jones, John Thackara, Richard Neufert Miles
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 1980 by Harpercollins Distribution Services
ISBN-13: 978-0-246-11258-3, ISBN: 0-246-11258-1






New Keynesian Economics, Vol. 1(1st Edition)
Imperfect Competition and Sticky Prices (Readings in Economics) (Volume 1)
by N. Gregory Mankiw, David Romer, Ng Mankiw, Benjamin M. Friedman, Lawrence H. Summers, John Thackara
Paperback, 444 Pages, Published 1991 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-63133-4, ISBN: 0-262-63133-4

"These two volumes bring together a set of important essays that represent a "new Keynesian" perspective in economics today. This recent work shows how the Keynesian approach to economic fluctuations can be supported by rigorous microeconomic models of economic behavior. The essays are grouped in seven parts that cover costly price adjustment, staggering of wages and prices, ..."






Design After Modernism(Updated)
Beyond the Object
by John Thackara
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1989 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-27510-8, ISBN: 0-500-27510-6

"Book by None"






Green Dream(Updated)
How Future Cities Can Outsmart Nature
by Winy Maas, Pirjo Haikola, Ulf Hackauf, John Thackara, Annaik Deceuninck, Ryan Forster
Paperback, 406 Pages, Published 2014 by Nai010 Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-90-5662-862-8, ISBN: 90-5662-862-3

""Green Dream" investigates what "green" means in practical terms for design, architecture and urbanism. Led by The Why Factory, the urbanist thinktank headed by Winy Maas, experts in the field debate what is currently considered green and how the term ought to be defined going forward, challenging architectural conventions and looking into the potential of new green architecture. Recognizing that green buildings alone do not make a gree ..."



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