Alastair Fuad-Luke- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Alastair Fuad-Luke
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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To counter the unsustainability of the current mainstream fashion system, an increasing number of designers are activating practices of social making aimed at empowering people through shared learning experiences. Within this context, the collaborative network Mode Uncut initiated Make Yourself…, a project focused on socializing value creation thro...
The project SHIFT-Support Systems for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Transformation-is being carried out in the timeframe 2012-2016 within the first call of the EU research network ECO-INNOVERA, 1 which enables international collaborative projects on eco-innovation that are funded by the respective national funding organisations of the participat...
Agents of Alternatives enables professionals, amateurs and citizens to understand the rich possibilities of creating and designing together in open, participatory and imaginative ways. It provides an integrated and systemic collection of case studies, essays and interviews from well-known international contributors and local activists, collated by...
Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and practice need to evolve to ensure that the discipline of design meets sustainability drivers and eq...
Nowadays design is faced with the challenge to contribute to the transition towards a sustainable society. Design for Sustainability (DfS) is the response to this challenge. It includes but goes beyond what Design for the Environment or ecodesign provides, by integrating social, economic, environmental and institutional aspects and by offering oppo...
The DEsign EDucation and Sustainability (DEEDS) project, funded by the European Union's Leonardo da Vinci Programme, comprises a partnership of five institutions from the European design and sustainable development communities that embraces higher education, research and practice. This paper outlines the background, evolution and outcomes from the...
This paper discusses the economic models which drive design, the role of the designers, the existing design paradigm and its legacy. New paradigms are sought in education and design practice. Design professionals were challenged over thirty years ago with a new paradigm called 'Design for Need'. Yet little has changed and, despite the development o...
Traducción de: The Eco-Design Handbook Obra en que se presentan diversidad de soluciones que han aportado diseñadores y fabricantes para dar un enfoque ecológico al diseño de objetos para vivir y para trabajar, así como en la selección de los materiales que son utilizados en su manufactura. Algunas de ellas demuestran una gran conciencia de las est...
Obra en que se presentan diversidad de soluciones que han aportado diseñadores y fabricantes para dar un enfoque ecológico al diseño de objetos para vivir y para trabajar, así como en la selección de los materiales que son utilizados en su manufactura. Algunas de ellas demuestran una gran conciencia de las estrategias de adaptación de la naturaleza...
