{"product_id":"syntopia-episteme-a-design-odyssey-paperback","title":"Syntopia Episteme: A Design Odyssey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory P. Moulinet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe old world is sinking...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...but one young woman is designing a new one. Not a utopia. Not a dystopia. A syntopia. A solarpunk floating future for stateless people. A future empires cannot tolerate. When hired guns close in, she designs resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFloating Eden Defies Empires.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world is being parceled out, Ayesha, born Bajau, a stateless Southeast Asian sea dweller, loses her mother in a traumatic accident. Orphaned in Sumatra, adopted in Singapore, her Leonardesque gift for drawing leads her to study design in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon returning to her beleaguered stilt village, Ayesha commits herself to helping her community by prototyping self-sustaining floating islands from salvaged plastic and low-tech ingenuity, with the support of her former orphanage bully turned corporate lawyer, a retired U.S. Army engineer, and a gifted Bajau teenager.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither utopia nor dystopia, the emerging artificial archipelago is called a Syntopia: places that design together. But when her half-moon, glinting Eden draws predation, relentless pressure and intimidation from hired guns follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan the Bajau keep their future afloat when land-dwellers keep dragging it under?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a professor of design, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSYNTOPIA EPISTEME\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ea Design Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is conceived as the first volume in a series of speculative epic, Vernian novels intended to make design theory and practices vivid, thrilling, and cinematically engaging for students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 622\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 7 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68363278352607,"sku":"9798905140266","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0o8qi0Qvi69798905140266.webp?v=1793645512","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/syntopia-episteme-a-design-odyssey-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}