Quick Guide to Sustainable Design Strategies
Involves six principles to encompass nature and non-human beings; zoom in and out across time, scale and self; and embrace circularity, existing assets and re-use, rather than an emphasis on new.
Cat Drew • Developing our new Systemic Design Framework
Key Aspects of Sustainability Processes:
Resource Management:
Efficient use of resources (water, energy, materials) to minimize waste and conserve natural resources.
Waste Reduction:
Implementing practices that reduce waste generation, such as recycling programs, composting, and waste diversion strategies.
Resilience versus efficiency
thecirculareconomy.fandom.com
Design has evolved to meet the challenge of the new relationship between people and the material goods they need. Today, designers — artisans, manufacturers, engineers, architects — think far beyond the way things look. Comparing pre-industrial design to post-industrial design with a picture is absurd. Critiquing a modern object based on its appear... See more
Beauty in the machine: post-industrial design
When I use the term design, I refer to the act of intentionally generating something new, something that responds creatively to the specific needs and opportunities of a business, its customers, and its employees. I do not mean implementing yet another off-the-shelf, currently popular program of the week. For this reason, I focus on the overarching
... See moreCarol Sanford • The Regenerative Business
Regenerative industrial design can only be fully realised if it is underpinned by regenerative economic design.
Kate Raworth • Doughnut Economics: The must-read book that redefines economics for a world in crisis
Life-centred design enables product designers and businesses of physical and digital products to consider the impacts of their products on all people, all non-humans, and all planet.