Nurture by Steelcase

Redesigning the Healthcare Industry One Waiting Room at a Time

By Holly Burns

nur⋅ture

1. to feed and protect
2. to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; foster
3. to bring up; train; educate

Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

Tools for CATALYZING Change

A conveyor belt brings pieces of used carpet to be recycled into new carpet tiles. Interface sought technology from around the world in order to make their closed-loop concept a reality.

By Erin Weber

In September of this year, Ray Anderson, the founder and chairman of Interface Carpets, published his second book as a response to the corporate leaders who continue to question the value and economic return for a commitment to environmentally and socially sustainable business practice.

Reframing our Consumer-Based Economy

The Shift from Human-Centered to Resource-Centered Design

The carcass of an albatross on the beach; birds and sea mammals mistake plastics for food then inevitably starve to death. This is the bird’s actual gut sample. Photo courtesy Algalita.org.

By Eric Wilmot

We are all consumers. As we continue to gain a deeper understanding of the impacts of global growth, it has become clear that our consumption-centric lifestyle has challenged our planet’s ability to support us.

Meaningful Design

An introspective look at the value behind design.

Sudanese pots by Kristina Drury

By Diane Ruengsorn
As my company Domestic Aesthetic is planning for 2010, we’re facing the ever-important question of what new products to introduce. As a product designer I should love this part of the process: to feel inspired by all the possibilities, the clean slate and new beginnings.

The Design Revolution

Emily Pilloton’s new book, Design Revolution, inspires us to rethink the value of design.

By Adam Zoltowski

Emily Pilloton is only 27 years old, but has already started a movement that cannot go un-noticed. She is the founder of Project H, a charitable and humanitarian design organization with chapters ranging from New York to Johannesburg, and she is a leader in the practice of design thinking. Project H stresses one thing throughout its work: that design can change the world.

Manifesto Resources

Allan Chochinov’s Manifesto for Sustainability in Design is reprinted here and accompanied with a variety of case studies, related resources and tools to further the conversation and help put his principles into use.

Please feel free to use the comment field below to add resources that you have found to be helpful in your professional practice.

Complete article available at Catalyst SDR