Quick Guide to Sustainable Design Strategies
there are many opportunities for change, for producing materials inputs much more efficiently, and for designing them for greater longevity and easier recyclability to last longer, in order to reuse all commodities much more effectively while creating fewer environmental impacts.
Vaclav Smil • Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
In this article, I set to understand and explore fundamental thinking that examines a new design worldview. A proposal to change our ways of working as designers, first in voluntary communities (which we already have, but with different goals) and then to be better equipped to understand and explore as individuals and as a community.
Angelos Arnis • Designing for the last earth
We are approaching the biggest ecological collapse in 65 million years. The urgency of this moment demands a different kind of thinking — one that puts life at the centre of every decision. In conversation with Standard Deviation, we explore visions for a regenerative future, and what it means to give back much more than we take.