The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 series started with simple idea: How can we make the abstract subject of sustainability personal?
Throughout the month of April on Core77, we ran a short-video series asking leading sustainability and design experts for the top 7 things they believe every designer should know about a specific topic in sustainability.
Each of our 17 presenters gave us a unique view on sustainable design and what it means for makers, thinkers, consumers and producers today.
Watch the passionate, thought-provoking, and informative videos from each member of the group.
+ Fiona Bennie on Future Scenarios
+ Janine Benyus on Biomimicry
+ Allan Chochinov on Presumptions
+ Dawn Danby on Life-Cycle Thinking
+ Andrew Dent on Materials
+ Gil Friend on Sustainable Business
+ Lisa Gansky on Sharing
+ Chris Hacker on the Design Process
+ Wendy Jedlička on Changing the World
+ Hunter Lovins Makes the Business Case
+ Bill McDonough on Cradle to Cradle
+ Dara O'Rourke on Sustainable Design
+ John Peterson on Pro Bono Design
+ Nathan Shedroff on Systems Thinking
+ John Thackara on Energy
+ Alissa Walker on Walking the Walk
+ Adam Werbach on Cultural Sustainability
+ Janine Benyus on Biomimicry
+ Allan Chochinov on Presumptions
+ Dawn Danby on Life-Cycle Thinking
+ Andrew Dent on Materials
+ Gil Friend on Sustainable Business
+ Lisa Gansky on Sharing
+ Chris Hacker on the Design Process
+ Wendy Jedlička on Changing the World
+ Hunter Lovins Makes the Business Case
+ Bill McDonough on Cradle to Cradle
+ Dara O'Rourke on Sustainable Design
+ John Peterson on Pro Bono Design
+ Nathan Shedroff on Systems Thinking
+ John Thackara on Energy
+ Alissa Walker on Walking the Walk
+ Adam Werbach on Cultural Sustainability
With Japan Society, Common Ground, and GOOD, we held an international charrette, focusing on how design can effectively create social intervention. Read about the Design Difference on GOOD, download the PDF and charrette materials, and check out the terrific photographs documenting the event.
We published the Toolkit for integrating sustainability into undergraduate and graduate design curriculum. The Toolkit was developed from conversations held during our global Summit, which convened 100 leaders in sustainability to collaborate around advancing design education.
We continued the design community dialogue by holding our first-ever UK Town Hall meeting in Brighton. We also recently gathered designers, educators, and business leaders for discussion, provocation, and problem-solving in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Berlin.
Host a Town hall meeting in your area - we'll help you organize it! Email: info@designersaccord.org
The Designers Accord community has grown across the world to include:
772 firms, 39 edus, 44 corporations, 19 professional associations, thousands of supporters.
772 firms, 39 edus, 44 corporations, 19 professional associations, thousands of supporters.
About the Designers Accord: The Designers Accord is a distributed knowledge network for members of the creative community to exchange ideas and build toward the collective mission of using our craft to create positive impact.
While the Designers Accord drives some programming, most members create their own value from the network by connecting to other members. For general questions, email info@designersaccord.org or visit the site.