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Moving Towards Sustainability: The Ultimate Design for Good
A high-level pragmatic analysis of large companies that are moving towards more sustainable practices
“Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical. Design must be an innovative, highly creative, cross-disciplinary tool responsive to the needs of [everyone]” Victor Papanek
Design is Manipulation
In this world we create and manipulate things around us. It is our inherent ability as humans to evolve the space around us to suit our needs. This type of behaviour is present in agriculture, homebuilding all the way into consumer good to augment our interactions with the world. As generations continue to move forward, we continue to create bigger and better things all at the expense of the materials around us.
By manipulating carbon, we have successfully shaped a world that fits our every need, and only our every need. By manipulating the digital space, we are creating new worlds that push an economic utopia.
