What is meant by ”design for sustainability?”
p8 of Materials and Design 2.1 input to the design process.
When we are designing a product or anything we look at the main factors, which are shown in this diagram 2.1. Sustainability is one of the many main factors.
By designing for sustainability we are looking towards the future and trying to help move design forward without the expense of the future.
Diagram: Material and design
- Do not design products, but life cycles
- Natural materials are not always better
- Energy consumption: often underestimated
- Increase product life time
- Do not design products, but services
- Use a minimum of material
- Use recycled materials
- Make your product recyclable
- Ask stupid questions
- Become an O2 member!
http://www.pre.nl/ecodesign/ecodesign.htm
From the guidelines I believe when I design in the future I will have to be more conscious of the material and process that I use. This will then hopefully help the future generation to become aware and help the earth.
A company produced a packaging designed to keep a foodstuff fresh for 18 months. After critical questions, we discovered that their products were consumed within 3 months. This gave way for completely different packaging solutions.
When reading this story the solution seemed so obvious. This results in; if people research more into the market and the lifespan of the product, they can answer a completely different question from: how long we make it survive? To how long does it need to survive?
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