Post-Petroleum Design gives design professionals the information they need to research, evaluate, and select materials, technologies and design strategies that meet the growing demand for sustainable design, plastic-free materials and process energy conservation.

George Elvin is the founder of Gone Studio, the company pioneering post-petroleum design through zero-plastic, zero-waste, zero-electricity manufacturing. His designs have been featured by the Discovery Channel, Macworld, Treehugger, and over 50 other green design venues. The author of over 40 books and articles, his work on green design and technology has been published by Routledge, Wiley and Princeton Architectural Press, among others. Previous positions have included Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois and Visiting Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently an Associate Professor of Architecture at Ball State University in Indiana.

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Oil and Its Impacts 1. The Golden Age of Oil 2. The End of Oil 3. Grasping for More Part 2: Oil and Plastic 4. Just One Word-Plastic 5. Plastic Pollution 6. Toxicity Part 3: Post-Petroleum Design 7. What Is Post-Petroleum Design? 8. Transportation 9. Electronics 10. Packaging 11. Services 12. Sports and Recreation 13. Buildings and Building Materials 14. Furnishings and Housewares 15. Clothing Part 4: Building a Post-Petroleum World 16. Post-Petroleum Manufacturing 17. New Life for Old Plastic 18. Bioplastics 19. Nanoplastics Part 5: Principles of Post-Petroleum Design 20. Cycles and Flows 21. Resilience and Interdependence Part 6: Life in the Post-Petroleum Era 22. Post-Petroleum Consumers 23. Regulations and Incentives 24. Challenges in Post-Petroleum Design 25. Designing Our Post-Petroleum Future Index