N°7: How the Design make the world a better place?

 

It is normal to think that product Design, as a professional discipline, make objects to satisfy the needs of people and make their life more comfortable, less complicated or simply better, and that is right but is not all true. The product design has been also an abettor of unethical processes and practices that harm the environment, so harm the whole world, producing non recyclable objects and using methods like the programmed obsolescence, perceived obsolescence and other techniques to motivate the excessive consumption of goods. That isn’t a promising perception of my career, but knowing the whole overview we can see how Design can make the world a better place. 

In our world, infected with disposable products and any kind of waste, we, the new designers and design students, are trying to make the solutions for people’s needs with environmental and social responsibility.

I see myself in the future collaborating in green industries or helping to transform classic industries to be more sustainable through the Eco design, sustainable materials and green manufacturing processes.

Picture: “Desintegra.me'' (Margarita Talep, 2017). Design research project to replace single-use plastics with a new material made from raw material extracted from algae.