First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2009

Copyright © Alastair Fuad-Luke, 2009

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ISBN: 978-1-84407-644-4 hardback

978-1-84407-645-1 paperback

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Cover design and page design by Rob Watts

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fuad-Luke, Alastair.

Design activism : beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world / Alastair Fuad-Luke.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84407-644-4 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-84407-645-1 (pbk.) 1. Design–
Social aspects. 2. Sustainable design. I. Title.

NK1390.F83 2009

745.4--dc22

2008046521

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