Dr. Alan Marshall is a research fellow at Curtin University of
Technology in Perth, Australia. He has researched and taught
environmental studies at several European universities and research
centers, including the Institute of Advanced Studies in Graz,
Masaryk University in Czech Republic, Nizhni Novgorod State
University in Russia, the University of Wollongong and Curtin
University in Australia, Nirex UK in England, and Presov University
in Slovakia.
His research on environmental problems has taken him to the
Transylvanian Alps, the Tasman Sea, the Danube and Volga Rivers,
the Great Southern Ocean, the Black Sea coast, the industrial North
of England, the rural fields of New Zealand, and even to the planet
Mars (just in a conceptual way).
“Designer and scientist Marshall has collected compelling examples
of eco-inspired designs, including a helmet shaped like a
crustacean and an algae-fueled car. He also details results from
the Ecomimicry Project, an environmental design project that bore
ideas for sustainable landscapes, technologies, and artwork.”
–Business Week “20 Great Summer Reads”
"[Alan Marshall's] Ecomimicry Project is a highly imaginative
experiment in design demonstrating how the natural world may serve
as inspiration for design ideas."
–Alan Saunders, ABC Radio National, Australia
“It’s hard not to enjoy the attacks on nuclear power, gold,
nanobots and politics…[Wild Design carries] some serious, and
sometimes quite stimulating and insightful ideas.”
–Artlink magazine
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