Of course designers can be directed to produce sustainable solutions. Here are a few highly effective examples from The Onion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvz_xzaMvCQ
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Christopher Fahey < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is basically little to no invitation for actual designers to > > become business players. Designers -- we, the people who practice > > design and actually design things -- are simply not an integral part > > of the design thinking school of thought. > > > > Sometimes it's more than omission. Sometimes they are even actively > > hostile, painting us as obstacles. Nussbaum even says so, directly (if > > a little facetiously). And the designers who read it lap it up: > > "Are Designers the Enemy of Design?" > > http://tinyurl.com/29q667 > > > > > A quote from the article: > > "Back to the backlash against design. Designers suck because they are also > IGNORANT, especially about sustainability. The rap against designers is that > they design CRAP that hurts the planet. That's the argument." > > Designers might be ignorant about many things, just like business people > are. However that's one mindbogglingly juvenile (ignorant?) argument. > Designers *are paid* to drive the consumption, just like salesmen are paid > for sales -- should we blame sales clerks at Target for luck of sustainable > consumption? > > Here is cute, yet surprisingly insightful explanation of current state of > affairs with sustainability: http://www.storyofstuff.com/. > > The gist is articulated at 12 min: "The ultimate purpose of American > economy is to produce more consumer goods" -- the economic advisor to > president Eisenhower. "People should not be afraid to shop" -- president > Bush. Designers have not invented that little golden consumption arrow in > the clip. > > -- > Oleh Kovalchuke > Interaction Design is design of time > http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
