Here is about introduction to the Circular Economy which has plain reference. Here I will note only keywords and things that comes in my mind.
The theme of this lecture is to open the exposure for designers to think in holistic approach. Not only what to design, but how do you take responsibility for the visible resources and hidden resources.
Visible Resources : The materials and how we get it.
Wood : is it come from sustainable forest Workforce : are they live in fair working condition
Hidden Resources : The consumption within the process.
The carbon footprint : You decided to made your thing by wood, but the wood need to be transport from somewhere right? Transportation produce carbon. How many carbon produced during the process of your production. The water footprint : Fabric made from cotton, you need water to farm the cotton field. How many water has been used, is it make sense when water is the global’s resource. Remember, every drop of the water is circulated in this world since the Jurassic era. Biodiversity Collapse : Is supporting the industry cause any effect to the biodiversity. For example, farming could affect the wild animals.
The waste of usage : unused part of a fish, people use car only 8% of the day, office building is being used less than 50% of the day.
How many percent of the existing solution are from user’s need?
A Toothbrush : We want to clean your teeth. We didn’t mean to want a plastic handle and brush. The customer of Henry Ford tell him that he want a faster horses. The want something faster. But they didn’t mean the motor, the wheel, the metal body The choice of materials is on designer’s decision (which is effected by the material industry and national policy) Ford first idea was “Hemp Car” which is very light and durable than the metal body. Meanwhile, the government in that era wants to promote metal industry, yeah, forgot about the hemp.
Nothing is free - that’s why common wealth exists.
Zero Wastes : Balancing between the technology/business/natural resources/