《根本问题：为可持续未来重新思考材料》介绍了八个将影响和指导设计师们在未来几年选择材料、设计方法和生产过程的“重要构想”。

这“八大构想”通过前沿的案例研究和专家意见解释了正在影响我们的物质世界的主题和思想：1）“今天的废物，明天的原材料”； 2）“自然资产”；3）粪便，毛发，灰尘；4）物质联系；5）共同创造；6）旨在消失；7）生活材料；8）未来采矿。每个“大构想”都包括来自**的设计师和工程师的充分图解的案例研究，这些设计师和工程师处于材料和设计技术的前沿。

《根本问题》充满了专家意见以及针对设计和制造行业面临的当前全球变化的根本解决方案，其中包含大量信息，可以帮助设计专业人士和学生将革命性的概念变为现实。

Radical Matter: Rethinking Materials for a Sustainable Future presents the eight ‘Big Ideas’ that will shape and inform the choices of materials, design methods and manufacturing processes made by designers in the years ahead.

This book draws from a global community of designers who are pushing boundaries with new and disruptive approaches to their use of materials and design processes that go beyond the notion of ‘sustainable design’. Holistic systems of design, production and consumption that will benefit our world environmentally, socially and economically are now possible, and material innovation will be a crucial element in achieving that goal.

The eight ‘Big Ideas’ unpack the themes and ideas that are impacting on our material world through cutting-edge case studies and expert opinions: 1) Today’s Waste, Tomorrow’s Raw Material; 2) Natural Assets; 3) Shit, Hair, Dust; 4) Material Connections; 5) Co-Creation; 6) Designed to Disappear; 7) Living Materials; and 8) Future Mining. Each ‘Big Idea’ includes fully illustrated case studies from leading designers and engineers who are at the cutting edge of material and design technology.

Packed with expert ideas and radical solutions to the current global changes faced by the design and manufacturing industries, Radical Matter contains a wealth of information to help design professionals and students turn revolutionary concepts into reality.