Design Solutions
- Posted by: GOOD
- on August 14, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Over the past century, the word design has slowly assumed the role of a proper noun. Stores sell Design. Companies market luxurious lifestyles filled with Design. But the word is much more potent and exciting as a verb, the act of tackling real problems and finding elegant solutions.
Design will offer innovative responses to the world’s crises, but only if we can nurture its growth from noun to verb. Beyond improving the living rooms of those for whom Design is already within reach, design will improve the lives of every person on Earth. This is not to say we should disregard beauty. Rather, beauty must be put to use. Remember the words of Buckminster Fuller, the revolutionary designer and thinker, who said, “I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
In this issue you’ll discover that design is a tool with vast utility. There are problems everywhere. It’s time to design solutions.
Design Solutions Features
Better-Than-It-Has-to-Be Design
The words “good” and “design” share a complicated history, but sometimes the goodness of design is measured by the very fact that it isn’t noticed at all.
Affordable and community-driven, the green-school movement stands to change the world in which children learn. So what’s the holdup?
The design students of Project M bring high concept to high impact.
DISCUSSION: 2 Comments
Reinforcing green ideas to children within a green environment will go a long, long way. These kids will grow up learning the values of sustainability, reducing, reusing, and recycling, and hopefully continue to practice throughout their lives. The less we consume and then waste, the closer we will be to sound environmental sustainability.
In the early 90’s there was a concerted effort, to educate the populace on green isssues, this is now reflected in a more conscious and green friendly population in the west,especially europe, although there is a long way to go yet
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