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[0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things [author] author McDonough, William [isbn] isbn 0865475873 [isbn13] isbn13 9780865475878 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 193 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.10 [num ratings] num ratings 6,571 [date pub] date pub 2002 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Apr 22, 2002 [rating] Lucas's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started not set [date read] date read Jan 10, 2010 [date added] date added Jan 10, 2010 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Paperback [29] actions view [review] 
review There are a lot of intriguing ideas in this book, but it lacks comprehensive recommendation for how to get to the books desired goal of products and b There are a lot of intriguing ideas in this book, but it lacks comprehensive recommendation for how to get to the books desired goal of products and buildings and other made things that that won't poison you or your children. The authors have a large amount of expertise in their area, and an inspirational book with a half-dozen examples might convert other designers to their cause but not give them the ability to implement the ideas. But it is clear that those that do have the knowledge will have a large competitive advantage. Do we need government funded research centers for this work- a DARPA or NASA for manufacturing? Large forward thinking companies with excess cash might be able to do some of the work on their own, but the pace of their progress seems too slow, and any good idea they have that isn't implemented at that company will probably be lost. Or should existing universities take the initiative, and turn out new generations of designers that filter out into every corner of industry? The 'remaking' in the title comes up frequently, and I liked the author's repeated reminder that nothing artificial is wholly designed- every innovation and new process are increments and refinements over what has come before and time has shown to be workable. But that also means people are very rarely successful at exactly the kind of radical change Crade to Cradle calls for. ...more
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