Sustainable Design
I thought that was amazing! This is one example of sustainable design.
I am now going to talk about a sustainable design I have read about recently. Its name is Seabin, and was developed by two Australians. Seabin is an automated rubbish bin that catches floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents. It was designed for floating docks in the water of marinas, private pontoons, inland waterways, residential lakes, harbours, water ways, ports and yacht clubs. Those are the perfect places for mother nature to bring the rubbish that Seabin will catch.
Below are the goals of the Seabin project. I have highlighted the words I believe demonstrate sustainability.
- To help rid the oceans of plastics and pollution.
- To create Seabins from the most sustainable materials and processes available.
- To have the lowest carbon footprint possible in the production of the Seabins by means of alternative materials and processes. Also by reducing shipping and having the Seabins manufactured in the countries of installation.
- To create and support local economies with the production, maintenance and installation of the Seabins world wide.
- To educate people and cultures about being more responsible with the use and disposal of plastics.
- To convert our captured plastics into energy.
- To reuse or recycle our Seabins for other uses and or applications.
The 4 Design Orders
The orders of design correspond to the areas in which design applies. The orders of design are the following:
1) Symbol: communication with symbols and images
2) Object: the design of artefacts (i.e. engineering, architecture and mass production)
3) Action: activities and services
4) Thought: the design of the environments and systems within which all the other orders of design exist. It is the understanding of how these systems work.
These four orders relate to the disciplines graphic design, industrial design, interaction design and system design.
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