Sustainability and how the design industry has reacted to it.
I would want to find out if new designers graduating focus or are
atleast affected by sudtainable design, if it's viable as a long term
solution, look at case studies from companies that have launched green
projects, where/how we can improve sustainability and also look at
social reactions.
This at the moment is what I'm looking at for my report.
Luca.
Hey Luca,
ReplyDeletethere are lots of things out there about this - check out
http://eco-labs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=54
Buckminster Fuller back in the 1920s started talking about this - he coined the term Spaceship Earth that described how the planet is a closed system where nothing can be added or taken away and how we should start to think a bit more about what we're doing. Check out http://www.bfi.org/
There's a few options in here Luca.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say how industry has reacted, do you mean looking at any guidance on what people should be doing and then investigating exactly what a number of organisations ARE doing/have done? And comparing the 2? Could be interesting seeing whether people actually practice what they preach (and analysing contributing factors). Which aspects are easiest to follow? Which are hardest? Who does which to what degree? You could start with a literature review of guidance to designers on these subjects... This month in Grafik a new column called 'How to be green' started aiming to do exactly that (Nat Hunter from Airside/3treesdontmakeaforest.org).
An alternative focus is on how design students/recent graduates are being effected by sustainability. A look at the bins around college will quickly show you that we are not even doing simple things such as recycling paper... Again comparing what people say they do, with what they actually do might be an interesting way in.
Sarah Temple, Caroline Clark & some LCC graphics students are looking at creating a resource on design sustainability for the school of graphics. Kate Burn is involved. You could email either Sarah or Kate to find out more and perhaps link in your research with what they are doing...