PLASTIC
15 January 2015 - 5 April 2015
Further reading
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
Susan Freinkel, 2011
An extensive and fascinating historical overview of the way plastic came to inhabit almost every aspect of everyday life, and the contemporary consequences and challenges it makes us face.
The Wohlers Report
Wohlers Associates, 2015
A business-oriented, in-depth annual report outlining all aspects the Additive Manufacturing's Industry's status, with a strong focus on financial opportunities and projections
Propaganda
Edward Berneys, 2004
A bluntly direct read by the father of public relations on the psychological techniques of manipulating masses in consumer behaviour.
Makers: the New Industrial Revolution
Chris Anderson, 2014
A deep optimistic yet persuasive unravelling of the potential of the makers community by former WIRED editor and current co-founder and CEO of 3D Robotics, a drone and drone kits company
Theory of the Location of Industries
Alfred Weber, 2012
Alfred Weber's classic theory on how industries are located geographically for optimal use.
Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman, 2013
A thorough introduction to the 3D printing industry, its promises, and the questions it raises.
The Principles of Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor, 2006
The influential text that outlines the guidelines for efficient management - maximum prosperity for the employer, and maximum prosperity for the employee.
FAB
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld, 2007
Founder of the FabLab and head of MIT's centre for bits and atoms outlines his theory of personal fabrication, and the empowerment it offers.
Open Design Now
Bas Van Abel, Lucas Evers, Roel Klaasen, Peter Troxler, 2011
A series of articles that aims to lay out the social foundations of open design.