green design
sustainable design
bio design
repurposing
biophilic design
green collar workers
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| green dollhouse to educate future generations on a green house |
- designer having impact on the environment
- 1974: worldwide energy crisis, EPA was created
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| 1970s |
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| 1988 products associated w a better impact on the environment |
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| looked at sustainability, green design, sustainable products & construction, responsible design & deconstruction, repurposing, ecological design |
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| repurposing car seats to make chairs |
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| 1990s, repurposing rags |
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| graduate project, inflatable chair XS (excess) chair |
- LEED certification program:
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| defined issues designers faced making environmental decisions a part of the design process |
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| warning designer to be wise about impact on environment victor papanek |
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| impact of global change |
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| 2008 green design has gone mainstream look at design by categories user friendly looks at pros & cons of products, planned obsolescence (products that wear out over time that require you to update/buy a new one) |
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| mcdonough & braumgart= experts products shouldn't just be recycled, we don't want a cycle, we wanna intervene & make it do good want ecologically intelligent design printed on synthetic biodegradable, paper that could be fully recycled, waterproof, durable meant to be given from person to person; treeless |
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| LEED (leadership in energy & environmental design) began in 1990s government sponsored, by U.S. green building council buildings are evaluated & approved, & get a rating in silver, gold, or platinum certification has to earn certification to verify that a building was designed/built using energy saving, water efficiency, low CO2 emission, high indoor environmental quality, responsible use of resources |
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| logo for U.S. green building council |
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| U.T. dallas student services building = first building in TX that got platinum lights automatically adjust depending on how much sunlight comes through |
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| mcmansions w no thought to energy consumption huge ecological footprint to keep up |
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| interventions that architects & designers are trying to do sweden, multifamily sustainable waterfront housing project 2001/2002 built on rehabilitated ground site (dump but cleaned out) |
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| solar power, solar heating, efficient facades & windows rain water harvesting, biological water treatments sustainable building materials sourced locally |
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| sustainable luxury home, house for the 1% orchid house, inspired by nature good idea but expensive design visually inspired by local plant & animal life, intended to blend in to environment |
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| at night idea is that it produces more energy than it consumes heated by geothermal heating but expensive not yet built |
- biophilic design: nature loving, integrating nature into the interior & exterior of buildings, ex. buildings w plants on walls
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| windmill farms interrupt migration patterns of flying creatures, require servicing, loud, confuse marine life but biggest problem: "not in my backyard" people don't want to see it |
repurposing examples:
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| biomimicry mimicked mushrooms taking ideas from nature |
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| NY fashion week eco couture what materials could we use to address the environment? |
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| ideas about what fashion could be addressing issues |
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| look at american car industry as major culprit on environment automotive killed electric car to keep america dependent on fuel |
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| look at environment as guiding principle |
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| 2012 MoMA full of examples of designers who are guided & concerned about environment |
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| lamp powered by fireflies attracted insects to use as energy source |
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| beauty is inherent (will follow) in sustainability green design doesn't have to be ugly |
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| julia lohmann, biodesigner often uses seaweed to create her objects of design uses or references biodegradable material artist in residence, created "department of seaweed" |
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| julia lohmann's lamp shade made of kelp |
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| mural inspired by organisms that inhabit our bodies made of petri dishes (close ups below) |
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| krown designers based in netherlands that investigate mushrooms & organic materials to reduce carbon footprint & use of materials created lamps out of mushrooms- eco-friendly alternative to wood & plastic; at the end of it's use, you can put it into your compost heap |
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