Ultrawild
ABOUT:
Ultrawild is an illustrated science and design book about tackling climate change with hilarious engineering ideas and extreme rewilding known as ultrawilding.
Written and illustrated by industrial designer, inventor and sustainability teacher Steve Mushin, Ultrawild is published by Allen & Unwin (November 2023), by Rotfuchs (German translation, 2024), and will be released as US, French and Chinese versions in 2025.
Ultrawild has won Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction book (2024 Australian Book Design Awards), and the 2024 Elsie Locke Award For Best Nonfiction (NZ).
It is currently being translated into German (release due October 2024), and Chinese (release due 2025). A US version will be released in 2025.
OVERVIEW:
Ultrawild has been created in collaboration with experts ranging from climate scientists and marine biologists to mechanical engineers and soil scientists. The book contains over 100 ludicrous sounding, scientifically possible inventions illustrated with over 1000 drawings. It’s packed with curious facts on everything from how plants and fungi share resources and the soil engineering power of megafauna, to insect and mechanical flight, high-tech microbe-powered toilets and the carbon-sequestering power of algae.
Ultrawild is an optimistic book about creative thinking and the potential for change. Filled with laugh-out-loud design-ridiculousness, it aims to empower and excite a new generation of designers, scientists, engineers and wild thinkers.
You can buy the book in Australia by clicking here.