Recently the Australian government commissioned a team to research into the worlds ugliest colour. Having found it, they intend to demand that all cigarettes be packed in this colour to deter people from smoking! Apparently, the large size text on […]
Written for The Alternative, 24 Nov 2015 In a documentary entitled Waste= Food, William McDonough, an architect and Michael Braungart, a chemist, introduce the concept of Cradle to Cradle (C2C) in design. This concept addresses the growing problem of waste […]
Source: http://avyakt7.com/tag/attachment/ Designers around the world are now discussing the problems of waste and realising that it is because the materials we have designed are not biodegradable that most of the problem arises. This means that natural processes of degradation […]
It may seem counterintuitive to expect a designer to plan his product to be self destructive, but it is precisely because we have not taken disposal into account for so long in industry, that our waste situation today is unmanageable. […]
Choices impact results. This is how we understand the process of choosing and most choices are driven by the results we aspire for. However ‘results’ may not be immediately evident and especially in the case of long term decisions, choices […]
Image Source: http://inheriting-earth.com In a documentary entitled Waste= Food, William McDonough, an architect and Michael Braungart, a chemist, introduce the concept of Cradle to Cradle (C2C) in design. This concept addresses the growing problem of waste in human society in […]