中文简介：

设计评论家爱丽丝·罗斯特霍恩（Alice Rawsthorn）和现代艺术博物馆建筑和设计策展人保拉·安东内利（Paola Antonelli）会见了有远见的设计师，他们的创新和聪明才智通过重新设计和重建我们的生活，让我们对未来充满希望，使我们繁荣发展。

本书讲述了站在全球积极变革前沿的杰出设计师、建筑师、工程师、艺术家、科学家和活动家的故事。该书分为四个部分——技术、社会、交流和生态。爱丽丝·罗斯特霍恩和保拉·安东内利展示了一幅独特的画卷，展示了伟大的创造性思维如何为应对时代的主要挑战开发新的设计解决方案，同时帮助人们从科学和技术的进步中受益。

英文简介：

Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli, two of the world's most influential design figures, meet the visionary designers whose innovations and ingenuity give us hope for the future by redesigning and reconstructing our lives, enabling us to thrive

Design Emergency tells the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists, who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes - Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology - Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.