Eco friendly design
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- utopian0
There is NO SUCH THING as Eco Friendly design, period.
• When you use energy to (design, products, and or services)
• Use resources to create (design, products, and or services)
• Travel to buy (design, products, and or services)
• Spend Money on (design, products, and or services)Consume, Consume, Consume, The American way!
- its not about stop designing. its about doing a better way.akrokdesign
- indeedMeeklo
- cut yourself and write your ideas out in blood! on fallen leaves in the fall! try to un-EcoFriendly that utopian!lvl_13
- Meeklo0
From Celery Design:
Ecological Guide to Paper
http://www.celerydesign.com/pape…
- Meeklo0
utopian.
You make a valid statement, but sustainable design does exists, and it means to think in the future. Instead of designing with your consumer in mind, start designing with the landfill in mind, how can you as a designer, prevent your products to end up in the landfill.Yes, the way from your design in illustrator to the the box at the consumer's house is very long, and everyone needs to do their part (with in most cases won't happen, so even if your orange juice pack is made out of corn and its 100 compostable, it may end up in the trash anyways.
Eco-friendly design is the first step that should be attempted to reduce unnecessary trash, reduce production numbers to match consumer demands, as opposed to just mass produce.
Yes, its a problem of consumption, but if you can reduce the impact just a little bit, then you are helping. its small but is something.
- Meeklo0
come on! a design thread finally lets keep it going!
- akrokdesign0
• When you use energy to (design, products, and or services)
solar, wind power. heard of it?• Use resources to create (design, products, and or services)
reused material, instead of cutting new threes. etc.• Travel to buy (design, products, and or services)
there bus, train, subway. or hybrid.• Spend Money on (design, products, and or services)
buy locally.- walk, take the bike. etcakrokdesign
- I haven't owned a car in 6 years
Meeklo
- akrokdesign0
one thing you can do also or offering is consulting. how the company can go green and be more efficiency. usually it cost more but at the end they save.
also, its a selling point to the consumer.
- Meeklo0
akrok, I agree, there are a lot of companies jumping on the green wagon, just because it is now a selling point. And that is confusing cause they advertise "buy this, is green" but in the end you are asking the customer to "consume" to solve a "consumption problem"
This girl at inhabitat said on an interview. You think you would solve a big part of this buy buying a hybrid car, but in reality is not about buying a new car, but how you can use your current one less.
- utopian0
akrokdesign have you been "green washed" or just plain "naive"?
1) 3% of the world uses wind and or solar power
2) 17% of the world uses recyled materials to create their junk
3) 15% of the world uses their bicycle, or hang-glider to travel
4) Spending money has nothing to do with "buying local"Do you "walk the talk" or do you just "talk the talk"?
- 1) i am in sunny cali. solar and wind makes sense here.akrokdesign
- 2) 17% recycled as new stuff then added on the land fill.akrokdesign
- 3) probably cause they live to far from their work.akrokdesign
- 4) ok.akrokdesign
- utopian0
I personally use nothing but "energy star" compliant appliance and electronics. I only purchase nothing but compact fluorescent light bulbs for my entire house. I turn off every light when not in the room, I recycle all of my paper, plastic and glass and try not waste anything.
The bottom line is that it's all about consumption.
The less we consume the less we waste, period. That is eco-consciousness at its purist form. This ideal is considered anti-American and anti-capitalism, considering the fact that just about every American is born and raised to consume, consume and consume more...
Many American's consider this as their God given right!
- akrokdesign0
maybe i am just being utopian. hah.
- utopian0
Not to be misunderstood, I appreciate the enthusiasm, interest and genuine need for sustainable design, products, energy and changes to everyones lifestyles. I just get ticked off when people like Al Gore wins a nobel peace prize for his life work regarding the environment, energy consumption and sustainability when he owns a McMansion in Tennesse that consumes enough electricity to power a small city... His monthly electric bills where running about $3,500- a month, that is with his solar panels and small wind turbines. I find this outrageous when he is preaching to the world about saving the environment and conserving our energy resources.
I have to at least give Al Gore credit for getting the message out with a non-partisan dialog and position, creating global awareness and building our eco-consciences.
If anyone out there is really and genuinely concerned about saving our planet, please stop consuming so much stuff, it is that simple.
Speaking of Stuff!
- that wicked, when many eco friendly buildings end up with much lower cost then before.akrokdesign
- akrokdesign0
but you must agree that eco friendly design is better then not.
- Ianbolton0
It's not easy being a graphic designer and having a conscience at the same time. If you are pushed for time, stressed to the eye balls and really letting your work rule your life you will inevitably end up cutting corners.
I guess the best way around this is to be organised, have a routine and be consistent.
Im yet to find a design company who solely advertise the fact they are eco-friendly (even though we know its technically impossible to be completely)... and you lot are saying everyone's doing it. I think it's just a feeling we have because everyone's going on about it, but nobodies really doing it.
- Deks0
are there any more design studios that base themselves on green and/or ethical values?
- lowimpakt0
detritus is on the ball with this. sustainable design is just good design and should be part of what you do.
also, if it is just part of what you do you should be able to rise out the next green backlash.
- Meeklo0
Just some strong changes in the broadcast industry and their branding in the past 2 weeks.
Fox: http://www.fox.com/home.htm
ABC: http://abc.go.com/
NBC: http://www.nbc.com/notice the pattern?