Quick Guide to Sustainable Design Strategies

Life-centred design aims for regenerative futures by designing for:Product Lifecycle—Expanding responsibility of product design from focusing only on the time the product is with a target user to including the extraction of raw materials required to make the product, parts and product manufacturing, shipping and transportation, selling, using, disc... See more

Regenerative design seeks to not merely do less harm when designing, but rather to put design to work as a positive force that restores, renews or revitalises. A concept that’s inherent in nature, regeneration should be the approach for how we interact with the planet.

It seems a radical idea, but as the climate crisis deepens, ‘sustainable design’ and ‘doing less harm’ are not enough to avert catastrophe – we have to find ways to replenish ecosystems while meeting our own needs. 

It is time for designers to set our sights beyond sustainability and consider regeneration. Sustainability is an important concept in a time of widespread environmental destruction. It has made us aware that our planet’s resources are finite, and helped us envisage practices to sustain our current resources. But on its own it does not fix what is b... See more