Global issue|Local solution
Design led solutions to help communities tackle climate change
This project, part of a collaboration with NESTA exploring the role of design in response to key challenges in contemporary life, is an opportunity to think about design and the role of the designer in a new way.
In the next few years, we need to reduce our carbon usage to avoid the worst consequences of human-induced climate change. The purpose of this brief is to get designers to work with a community to understand why the issue of climate change is important, and then what, as a group, they can do to lessen its effects by developing design-led solutions to bring about change.
Support for participants undertaking this project
This project is supported by a range of resources (accessed from
the Resources link below). In addition there is a filmed interview (use
link below to view) involving an expert partner with whom we worked to
develop the project, and a designer. This has been made specifically to
offer extra support and insight to students working on the project.
Question?
Additionally, we are providing the opportunity for student participants
to put questions to the speakers at points during the course of working
on the project. All questions should be emailed using the link below.
This project is also open to those in their first year following graduation
Project brief (PDF 125KB, 4 pages)
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