February 2012
2 posts
Bee-ing Sustainable
Preparing for a recent lecture on sustainable design was an eye-opening experience; wading through the myriad issues and approaches made me realise, as many others already have, of how complex and contested this area is. We know that design is part of the sustainable problem, and that it is and can be a part of the solution – yet exactly what are the best ways that designers can use their skills...
Ideas of the Handmade: Histories and Theories of... →
I’m not the only one thinking about objects, and one of the reasons I set up this blog was to gather what else was out there, rather than just provide a platform for my own reflections. As part of this, I’m co-organising a one day symposium at ECA called Ideas of the Handmade: Histories and Theories of Making on the 20th April. Funded by the Design History Society, it is free and open...