Low Cost Design is based on the principle that the most innovative design ideas are probably not the ones passing through patent offices. Functioning as a visual dictionary of everyday ingenuity, and spanning Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, Low Cost Design catalogues inspiring examples of the creative repurposing of detritus and overlooked land, by ordinary people.

Low Cost Design

Arts & Photography

Morace, Francesco

Finessi, Beppe

Gandolfi, Emiliano

Sacco, Pierluigi

Decorative Arts & Design

Silvana Editoriale

Low Cost Design is based on the principle that the most innovative design ideas are not necessarily the ones passing through the patent offices, architectural and design studios or the computers of multinational companies; on the contrary, they are often born from some simple everyday solutions and the brilliant flash of a practical mind. Functioning as a visual dictionary of everyday ingenuity and self-sufficiency, and spanning Northern Europe and the southern Mediterranean, this second volume of Low Cost Design catalogues further inspiring examples of the creative repurposing of detritus, and of overlooked land, by ordinary people--whether for reasons of subsistence, politics or sheer artistry. As in the first volume, the various innovations are classified as either "objects" or "actions." Together they form a fascinating sociological, urban and ethnographical panorama of contemporary knowhow.

Low Cost Design Volume 2

Pario Perra, Daniele

Babina, Lucia

Frillici, Pier Francesco

di Renzo, Renzo

Silvana Editorale

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