SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Sustainable design

As a designer, how can I contribute to sustainability?

Index

1. What is sustainable design?

2. What makes a product sustainable

3. Designers being part of the solution

4. Go further

5. Some vocab

6. Let's review grammar

7. Final task

What is Sustainable Design?

Read the text, then watch the video.

Sustainable design creates long-term solutions and helps societies ensure the well-being of their people and harmony with the environment for generations.Designers reduce waste by making products that are recyclable, compostable and even better - endlessly reusable. They might also create a manufacturing process to reduce or remove carbon dioxide emissions, to support a circular economy. As the most significant challenge of our age, many of these designs relate to environmentalism or combatting climate change.One of the world’s leading User Experience and design experts, Don Norman, help us understand how to design for a better world. Spoiler alert: sustainability is not enough.

1. Take notes or sketchnote about sustainable design.
2. Go to the next page.

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Let's recap

• On your notebook, use your notes to write a short paragraph about sustainable design.
• Show your written recap to your teacher.

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What makes a product sustainable?

Read the text and take notes.

A sustainably designed product or service is one that considers the entire lifecycle of the product during development, from manufacturing to disposal. A truly sustainable design is optimized for reuse.A physical product might use recycled materials, be manufactured in a plant that doesn’t use fossil fuels, or follow incremental modular design principles to become more sustainable. After the product is created, it should be useful for a long time. It should be designed in a way so it can be reused or repaired, or biodegrade once it is done being useful.

A sustainable service, designed with participatory design principles, should provide what the user needs while reducing the use of non-renewable resources. Ride-sharing apps are an example of a service that ultimately reduces the need for every individual to own a car. This has the potential to reduce waste since fewer cars are necessary. Options to carpool can also reduce gasoline use, further increasing the sustainability of the service.

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Designers being part of the solution

Read the following article and take notes.

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Read the following article and take notes.

Focus on the questions asked by the journalist, they may be useful for your final task.

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Solutions as a designer

Watch the video, take notes and be ready to talk about sustainable design in your field with a classmate from another field of design. Go to the speaking booth and share your findings with your classmate. Take notes about his/her findings.

I am a graphic designer

I am a textile designer

Fast-finishers

I am a digital designer

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Go further

Adhocism

Read the article and watch the video to learn more about Adhocism. Take notes and be ready to explain this concept to your teacher.

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GREENWASHING

Watch the video to learn more about Greenwashing. Take notes and be ready to discuss this topic with your classmates. Go to the speaking booth and interact with them about greenwashing.

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Some vocab

Flashcards

Learn and test your knowledge about sustainable design thanks to these flascard sets.

sustainable textile design

sustainable design

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Let's review grammar and strategies

Grammar

Review the questions in English.

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strategies

Review some strategies to understand a document.

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Fast finishers

I am a graphic designer

I am a textile designer

All students

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Final task

You participate in the sustainable design summit. Student A: you are a journalist and you interview an attending designer about his/her ideas, solutions... about sustainable design. Student B: you are an attending designer. Answer the journalist's questions about your ideas, solutions about sustainable design.

Due date : 9 and 10 December

Thanks!

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