When I started the project, I figured by the end of the summer, I would have a good sense of sustainable design. I had a number of questions that I set out to answer about sustainable. My plan was pretty basic: talk to people in the field, figure out what they were doing, see if it was something I would like to do, and just get some general acquaintance with sustainable design. Since my main form of interaction was via e-mail, I had to explain what I was doing. I presented the following goals in my letter:
- to better understand the design process
(I'm a physics major, sculpture minor - so I haven't actually done much design yet)
- explore the ability of the designer to extend sustainable practices to the consumer
- investigate how the sustainable design field is growing/developing
- see where designers place themselves in the global movement towards ecological awareness (i.e. the drivers of it perhaps?)
More personal goals were simply investigating career opportunities and required training for designers and understanding what I should do next if I would like to go into the field.
Were these questions answered? Absolutely.
Did I discover some more interesting questions along the way? Same answer.
Here’s a list of the following posts addressing these and more questions:
Understanding Sustainability
Understanding Design
Extending Sustainable Practices to the Consumer
Designing Outside a Vacuum – Social Implications
Materials – A Big Decision
Designer Power
Growth?
Personal Development
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