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- ISBN 9781836270201
- Dimensions: 207 x 300mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Post Wave Publishing UK Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Discover how cities around the world are transforming into greener, more innovative, and people-friendly spaces while continuing to develop. In this inspiring book, Didier Cornille takes readers on a journey to visit pioneering cities like Curitiba in Brazil, London in the UK and Berlin in Germany, showcasing their impressive green initiatives and vibrant communities. Meet the visionary architects, passionate residents and energetic leaders driving these changes, and learn how both children and adults can contribute to making their own cities more liveable.
This captivating exploration of over ten forward-thinking cities offers a glimpse into the future of urban living and inspires us all to take action.
*Winner of a Silver California Eureka! Nonfiction award*
Didier Cornille was a student of Claude Courtecuisse at the Lille Fine Arts School. He then joined Roger Tallon's design department at the Arts Décoratifs in Paris. During his studies he met the designer Ettore Sottsass in Milan, who steered his work as a designer. He then turned to the creation of lamps, often in animal shapes, that he exhibits at the Neotu gallery.
After teaching design at the fine arts in Tunis, then in Tourcoing and at LISAA (Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués) in Paris, he taught design for a long time at Le Mans Fine arts School. Today, he devotes his time to his books and his work as a designer. He lives in Paris.
