SDGs and Design

definition

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

The intention of sustainable design is to “eliminate negative environmental impact completely through skillful, sensitive design”

Manifestations of sustainable design require renewable resources and innovation to impact the environment minimally, and connect people with the natural environment.

“Human beings don’t have a pollution problem; they have a design problem. If humans were to devise products, tools, furniture, homes, factories, and cities more intelligently from the start, they wouldn’t even need to think in terms of waste, or contamination, or scarcity. Good design would allow for abundance, endless reuse, and pleasure.” - The Upcycle by authors Michael Braungart and William McDonough, 2013. Design-related decisions are happening everywhere on a daily basis, impacting “sustainable development” or provisioning for the needs of future generations of life on earth. Sustainability and design are intimately linked. Quite simply, our future is designed. The term “design” is here used to refer to practices applied to the making of products, services, as well as business and innovation strategy — all of which inform sustainability. Sustainability can be thought of as the property of continuance; that is, what is sustainable can be continued into the future.

(source: Wikipedia)

SDGs & Design Research

> Biophylic Design > Water Light > Growing Shoe > Tabula (non) Rasa > Cycled Project > The Lost Graduation Show > Materials Village

Meba Bioresine uses plant-based raw materials from agricultural or food industry waste for the production of resins to manufacture components and accessories for various applications, including fashion.

The biopolymers to form the resins come from non-edible vegetable raw materials, such as oils that cannot be used for human feeding or residues from corn processing.

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A guide to

BIOPHILIC DESIGN

ISSUE # 01 - February 2021 - BY

Why and how to bring nature back inside.

Biophilic design is part of our nature “As humans, we always seek a connection with nature and other organisms.”

As humans, we always seek a connection with nature and other organisms. This connection, is part of the Extremis DNA, and runs through all of our designs. Biophilic design reintroduces nature into man-made environments, to benefit those who dwell inside. It emerged in 1984, pioneered by Edward O. Wilson, an American biologist, naturalist, and writer.

Architects and interior designers, have used our tools for togetherness in biophilic spaces, to great effect. Sticks and Virus are good examples of how we apply this new way of thinking to our designs. We love the sound of a stream, because it tells us that we have access to fresh water and therefore have a good survival chance. Playing with space

A biophilic space doesn’t always require plants that need watering. One of the principles in biophilic design is ‘mystery’, when a space doesn’t reveal all of its details in one go. Offices and living spaces, need to have some secluded areas, but need to keep their welcoming atmosphere. This is what makes Sticks a great biophilic solution, you can play around with dividing a space and keep things feeling open and connected.

Offices and living spaces, need to have some secluded areas, but need to keep heir welcoming atmosphere.

A design that is contagious

Another principle in biophilic design is ‘complexity and order’, when there is a spatial hierarchy that is similar to the ones we encounter in nature.

Their tabletops have an organic pattern perforated in them, so that they are interesting even on a small scale, and have legs that come out of the ground like abstract roots. The overall effect of a group of these tables feels organic, as if they ‘grew’ in that space

About Extremis Extremis was founded in 1994 by Dirk Wynants. The Extremis furniture design collection represents products that are both necessary and useful. They are ‘Tools for Togetherness’ that stress the importance of and enhance human interactions, intelligent problem-solving and sustainability, to improve people’s lives. Extremis has its headquarters in Poperinge, Belgium. The design furniture is very popular in all corners of the world. www.extremis.com

Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions. Used at both the building and city-scale, it is argued that this idea has health, environmental, and economic benefits for building occupants and urban environments, with few drawbacks. Although its name was coined in recent history, indicators of biophilic design have been seen in architecture from as far back as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. (wikipedia)