Julia Watson. Lo―TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism

This book delves into the fascinating world and history of sustainable living that gas been with us for centuries. Urbanism TODAY needs to learn from these practical examples of sustainability. Lovely book definitely recommended.

The book was opened upon delivery and the spine immediately came away from the pages. The back cover is still attached so it still works. I am just curious if this is how it is meant to be? The cover is unusually a thick cardboard so maybe this is what lo-tech is all about!? I am a bit worried that the pages won't stay glued/stitched without the cover holding it all together.

This is an amazing book. But: it has the smallest type in places that I’ve ever seen. I don’t need reading glasses, I need a magnifying glass to read it.

Appalling text, some is near illegible, there must be many with eyes as bad as mine or worse. Small light text is a no no for legally. Struggle past that and its an interesting book but why produce a book that makes the reader struggle in many places to read it?

I got today and soon after unwrapping, I realized the cover is coming off. If nothing else, I expected it to hold together given the price tag.

Taschen es garantía de calidad y este libro no es la excepción.

Un libro davvero interessantissimo, ricco di belle immagini, curato, originale, stimolante, davvero un ottimo testo che vi spingerà ad approfondire l'argomento.Uno spaccato sulla tecnologia utilizzata dalle popolazioni indigene, per fornirci nozioni su una tecnologia sostenibile ed ecologica, il tutto tramite fotografie davvero ben fatte, stampate in maniera esemplare, e testi esplicativi.Come tutte le edizioni Taschen è molto curato, un po' particolare la scelta della copertina, che pare si sia staccata durante il trasporto dal dorso del libro, invece è fatta proprio così.Io l'ho acquistato per fare un regalo ed è stato davvero molto gradito. Con l'occasione ho avuto modo di sfogliarlo e leggerlo anch'io e ne sono rimasta affascinata.Io lo consiglio, interessante, originale e davvero ben fatto.5 stelle.Spero la mia esperienza possa aiutarvi nel valutare i vostri acquisti, grazie e alla prossima.

Lieferung-schnell und zuverlässigProdukt-durchaus interessant und sehr umfangreich. Durchbrochen von verschiedenen übersichtlichen Infografiken

Great book!!! Learned a lot. It’s not an easy read tho coz it’s pretty scholarly, if that makes sense. Fantastic pix.

An impressive overview of highly sophisticated but low-tech cultural adaptions across the planet. The author has clearly communicated a variety of food, building, and material systems which have proven to be sustainable over millennia. The call for a reassessment of value and source of inspiration and reference within the professional design field is a refreshing and overdue response. Challenging many unquestioned sustainability approaches such as typical conservation projects is also important and appreciated. I was grateful to see the author mention conservation refugees and it's heartening to see an architect root and extend their work in traditional ecological knowledge.As a book it's not quite so brilliant - the binding if you can call it that is very fragile. The text is incredibly small and the page design would have benefited greatly from a variety of readers reviewing it. Much of the text is as small as liner notes in a CD - maybe point size 8? Makes my 20/15 vision feel terrible trying to read the captions. Book design conventions are the result of understanding a clear way to communicate information in this format - if you're not improving on it why change it? Huge margins on some pages while some are so small you can't avoid covering text with your fingers while awkward indenting on other pages leaves you wondering if you got a bad printing. The photos however are beautiful and most of the illustrations help communicate the design approaches being covered. Some of the illustrations detract from this. And the book suffers from a general sense of being overly concerned with its presentation and self-conscious. TThese critiques aside, it's an incredibly valuable piece of anthropology with examples that today's industrial world urgently needs.It's a massive contribution to the world of sustainable and regenerative design and all those working in the fields of ecological restoration, permaculture, sustainable architecture and design, ecological engineering as well as those simply interested in the indigenous life way and design approaches around the world will find this to be a major contribution to their work. I'll happily duck tape the spine together to keep this on hand as a reference for specific strategies as well as inspiration.