You would like to know more about eco-effective designing, but you do not know where to get this knowledge? In this blog article I am going to give you some links to tools and books that you can use for self-education. |
Eco-effective designing stands for considering the effect of a design choice on the ecological, economic and social/cultural environment. There are different names for this way of designing. Eco-effectiveness is a term that comes from Cradle-to-Cradle. But also biomimicry and circular economy have methods that can be used to reach the same goal.
A few months ago I wrote about the Cradle-to-Cradle online course (click here for the link) and now I would like to add more self-education options to this.
A few months ago I wrote about the Cradle-to-Cradle online course (click here for the link) and now I would like to add more self-education options to this.
The Ten http://www.tedresearch.net/teds-ten/ An initiative from Textiles Environment Design (TED) in London. “These strategies have emerged out of a need for a toolbox for designers to help them navigate the complexity of sustainability issues and to offer real ways for designing 'better'.” Each strategy consist of a short text and a video of 2 minutes. |
Nature Inspired Design http://www.natureinspireddesign.nl/ Nature inspired design combines 8 elements (concept, workings, recycling, health, foodweb, symbiosis, value, salecycle) with 8 disciplines (design, biology, engineering, chemistry, medicine, ecology, business and market) The authors advice to work with a team in which each discipline gets a role. The book gives design tools to come to solutions with these elements and disciplines. |
Products that last This book (Dutch version here) is used for the CIRCO trainings. An initiative of Click NL for creating business through circular design. In the book you find design and business models that could work in a Circular economy. Interesting about this book in comparison to the other self-education options is that this book focuses more on the economy aspect but through design. |