Our Western material culture — disconnected from the principles of sustainable development —is lacking a wider perspective of the links between the various elements within the system of consumption, and we are thus ignoring the relationship between the patterns of consumption and their consequences. S. Ulicka Nuestra cultura material occidental […]
Uno de los objetivos principales del diseño en pro de la sostenibilidad es repercutir en el cambio de los comportamientos de consumo. S. Ulicka
Eco-efficiency is achieved by the delivery of competitively priced goods and services that satisfy human needs and bring quality of life, while progressively reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity throughout the life-cycle to a level at least in line with the Earth’s estimated carrying capacity. World Business Council for Sustainable […]
The result of an innovative strategy that shifts the center of business from the design and sale of (physical) products alone, to the offer of product and service systems that are together able to satisfy a particular demand. E. Manzini y C. Vezzoli El resultado de una estrategia innovadora que […]
A systems approach involves examining the connections and relationships between objects and events as much as the objects and events themselves. Changes in one component of the system will lead to changes in another, which in turn may lead to changes elsewhere. Interactions occur between system components that may cause […]
The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of people and economic development throughout the world; it is the urgent desire of the people of the whole world and the duty of all governments. United Nations Environment Programme La protección y mejora […]
Although sustainability often is marked by environmental causes and protest campaigns, its values represent a broad context of issues that have spread underground in all sectors of society throughout the world. A. Edwards A pesar de que la sostenibilidad está marcada comúnmente por causas ambientales y campañas protestantes, sus valores […]
El desarrollo sostenible es una necesidad, siempre y cuando esté entendido no solamente como un esfuerzo de proteger el medioambiente, sino como una idea transformativa de los valores, objetivos y sistemas de convivencia de las sociedades actuales. S. Ulicka
Empowering people to ask the right questions should be a prime motive of education for sustainability as the learning outcomes of this will be key to delivering effective agendas – in this case for design – towards sustainability. T. Bhamra y E. Dewberry Empoderar a la gente para hacer las […]
The Sustainability Revolution presents an alternative that supports economic viability and healty ecosystems by modifying consumption patterns and implementing a more equitable social framework. A. Edwards La Revolución Sostenible presenta una alternativa que apoya la viabilidad económica y los ecosistemas saludables al modificar los patrones de consumo e implementar un […]
The Sustainability Revolution draws its significance and global impact from a wide spectrum of interests with common fundamental values. Like the Industrial Revolution, the Sustainability Revolution is far-reachingand is having a profound impact, shaping everything from the places we live and work to the foods we eat and the endeavors […]
Today´s omnipotent design culture [..] plays a comprehensive role in suggesting and/or setting new values and, hence, inculcating societal change. Whosoever controls the designers – in modern capitalism that role generally falls to business and government – controls to large degree the expressions and evolution of the design culture. A. […]
It appears that as a profession, we are struggling with the fact that design is linked to ever-growing productivity, which in fact cannot form the basis of sustainable development. In the end, the aim is to increase economic growth on a planet with finite resources, which just does not make […]
If there is a critical mass population that can minimize future risk around the big global issues then it is the rich 20 per cent of global population whose total mass and flow of consumption is causing most of the problem. The need for change is clear, it is often […]
Design could be considered as the wise regulation of dynamic elements such as flow, integration, awareness, and value. J. Wood
Black rubber-coated cables are a particularly damaging design choice – black is invisible to the optical sensors that control recycling plants, so it gets automatically sent to landfill. Designers need to take more time and trouble to ensure products can be disposed of and recycled responsibly. A. Rawsthorn
Frente a las tasas de crecimiento exponencial en la producción no hay “revolución de la eficiencia” que aguante el tirón. No bastan las soluciones tecnológicas; hacen falta cambios económicos estructurales y cambios profundos de valores. Es decir, suficiencia y justicia además de eficiencia. El desarrollo sostenible no es un asunto […]
Until now the user profile adopted is mainly one of a lazy person, a subject whose only tendency is to avoid effort and care. This passive attitude is, for sure, a strong component of every human being, but it is not the only one. Human beings can also be active […]
Cuando las cosas sencillas necesitan imágenes, etiquetas o instrucciones, es que el diseño ha fracasado. D. Norman
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. B. Fuller
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. B. Fuller
The approach of green consumerism is inadequate and sustainable consumption must embody a more profound change in consumption patterns. T. Cooper
Extraordinario es el diseño equilibrado, manejable y fácil de identificar. Detener la fashionización del diseño es cuestión de resistencia individual. J. Morrison
El pensamiento abductivo permite la definición de los posibles escenarios de los comportamientos de los usuarios regidos por valores, en lugar de que el proceso de diseño esté enfocado en cumplir los resultados asumidos con base en el pensamiento analítico. Esto implica que el proceso de diseño se revierte, empezando […]
When designing an artefact, we must be aware of our emotional responses, our feelings about the developing work. And these can be related to ideas of spiritual development in that traditional notions of right action – the personal ethic discussed earlier – can serve as a key source for making […]
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Our Common Future Report Desarrollo sostenible satisface las necesidades de las generaciones presentes sin comprometer las posibilidades de las generaciones del futuro para atender sus propias necesidades. […]
Rather than viewing aesthetics as a direct aim, it can also be considered as an outcome of an approach to product design that has different objectives. Industrial design can then focus on the meanings of material culture and thus develop and evolve. Ironically, in doing so, aesthetic definition will also […]
There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few of them. And possibly only one profession is phonier. Advertising design, is persuading people to buy things they don´t need, with money they don´t have, in order to impress others who don´t care. V. Papanek
Hay profesiones que son más dañinas que el diseño industrial, pero muy pocas. Y probablemente solo haya una profesión que sea mas insincera. El diseño publicitario, dedicado a convencer a la gente para que compre cosas que no necesita con dinero que no tiene para impresionar a personas a quienes […]