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While  the modern industrial age gave way to designs that vastly improved human enterprise  through technology, there were unintended and destructive consequences for the  environment. Humans are intrinsically linked to nature yet our actions have frayed this  relationship, forcing designers to think more intentionally and to consider the impact  of every design decision, from an artifact’s manufacture and use to its obsolescence.  Designers are aligning with biologists, engineers, agriculturists, environmentalists and  many other disciplines to design a more harmonious and regenerative future. Based on  these new partnerships, designers are asking different questions and anticipating future  challenges, which not only change the design process, but also what design means.     Nature: Collaborations in Design  includes over sixty-five international projects  from the fields of architecture, product design, landscape design, fashion, interactive  and communication design, and material research. More than 300 compelling and  exquisite photographs, illustrations and content from data visualizations illustrate  seven essays, which explain and explore designers’ strategies around understanding,  simulating, salvaging, facilitating, augmenting, remediating and nurturing nature. 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