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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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