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Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose

By Leila Saad 19 : 08 : 2020 Design : Sustainability : Technology

In the era of circular economy enthusiasts, designers should stop rehashing existing products and begin designing true era-appropriate goods.

Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose

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Material Matters 2023: Designing Tomorrow’s Narratives

Material Matters 2023: Designing Tomorrow’s Narratives:

As part of the London Design Festival, Material Matters 2023 saw designers explore the transformative potential of materials, from new...

 Materials : Sustainability : Design
London Design Festival 2023: Designing for Longevity

London Design Festival 2023: Designing for Longevity:

Three key themes emerged during London Design Festival 2023, each centring around the concept of designing for longevity.

 Design : Health & Wellness : Technology
Five Global Placemaking Projects to Watch

Five Global Placemaking Projects to Watch:

Urban regeneration in city centres is happening around the globe at pace; developers are looking to cultural, community and sustainable...

 Design : Sustainability : Society
Six Indian Jewellery Brands Combining Heritage and Innovation

Six Indian Jewellery Brands Combining Heritage and Innovation:

India’s jewellery innovators are redefining tradition with technology and sustainability to shape the future of this timeless market.

 Jewellery : India : Biological Jewellery
Sustainability Packaged: Dieline Forum 2023

Sustainability Packaged: Dieline Forum 2023:

From co-solving to luxury redefined through craftsmanship, Dieline Forum 2023 lays the blueprint for a sustainable packaging design future.

Sustainability : Design : Packaging
The Future of Ethical Banking

The Future of Ethical Banking:

Algbra’s ESG manager Marten Möller discusses the responsibility banks must take on in an equitable and ecologically conscious world.

 Technology : Finance : Sustainability
Modern Marriage

Modern Marriage:

The US wedding industry is aligning with the values of Gen Z and Millennials in relation to key issues of affordability, mental health...

 Marriage : Sustainability : Youth
Brewing Coffee Futures

Brewing Coffee Futures:

The wellbeing and carbon footprint concerns of Conscious Consumers are pushing innovative coffee brands to shift their focus on quality,...

 Coffee : Coffee Plus : Coffee Shop
Elevating Travel Narratives

Elevating Travel Narratives:

AboundStudio’s founder James Huntly discusses design’s role in creating meaningful brand narratives that reflect travellers’ changing...

 Travel : Design : Hospitality
Subversive Sustainability Ads

Subversive Sustainability Ads:

Consumers are inundated with misleading sustainability claims. Opting out of binary messages of climate doom and hope, brands are using...

 Sustainability : Advertising : Design
The Overconsumption Mindset

The Overconsumption Mindset:

Dr Daniel Benkendorf, professor of psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, considers why a growing number...

 Sustainable Fashion : Climate Change : Global Warming
Regenerative Luxury Jewels

Regenerative Luxury Jewels:

Thanks to advances in materials and manufacturing, the jewellery industry is entering a new era of sustainability.

 Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion
Milan Design Week 2023: A Future for Alternative Energy

Milan Design Week 2023: A Future for Alternative Energy:

At Milan Design Week 2023, brands and creatives tackled the global energy crisis head on, offering tangible solutions through the lenses...

 Design : Architecture : Technology
Scents and Scent-ability

Scents and Scent-ability:

Scent is set to change the nature of health, wellbeing and self-care, according to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innovation officer,...

 Beauty : Sustainability : Health And Wellness
Human Sustainability Workplaces

Human Sustainability Workplaces:

Christina Disler, founder of human data analytics platform Aster, is paving the way for a workplace culture that supports human...

 Workplace : Technology : Society
Six Tech Brands Developing DIY Repairable Devices

Six Tech Brands Developing DIY Repairable Devices:

Spurred on by growing right-to-repair movements, tech brands are slowly meeting consumers’ long-standing demands for DIY repairable devices.

 Mobile Phones : Sustainability : DIY
Brand Innovation Debrief: Hæckels

Brand Innovation Debrief: Hæckels:

With trailblazing in-house biotech and lab-grown ingredients, Hæckels is evolving into more than just a beauty brand.

 Beauty : Sustainability : Technology
Right to Repair Laws Take on Big Tech

Right to Repair Laws Take on Big Tech:

New repairability laws are encouraging eco-aware business models. But will corporate power comply?

 Media : Technology : Sustainability
Alternative Seafood Market

Alternative Seafood Market:

As concerns about marine consumption grow, alternative seafood companies are attempting to meet environmental demands while delivering...

 Food : Sustainability : Seafood
Laundry Tech is Reshaping Circular Fashion

Laundry Tech is Reshaping Circular Fashion:

Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon have created a solution to address the shrinking lifespan of garments. We discuss how Biorestore is...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Technology
Leisurewear’s Circular Future

Leisurewear’s Circular Future:

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable...

 Leisure : Sustainability : Materials
Solar Sustenance

Solar Sustenance:

The sun is rising once again as a source of inspiration for food and drink brands, which are exploring solar sustenance as a long-term...

 Food : Drink : Sustainability
How to Curb Clothing Consumption?

How to Curb Clothing Consumption?:

Journalist, lecturer and sustainability adviser Olivia Pinnock explores the need for de-growth in the fashion industry.

 Fashion : Sustainability : Society
Towards Ecology-first Economics

Towards Ecology-first Economics:

Dutch professor Kees Klomp on society’s economic delusion and how we can reconfigure the system to create a better future.

 Society : Sustainability : Economics
Retail’s New UX Sustainability Hubs

Retail’s New UX Sustainability Hubs:

As consumer demand for value-driven retail increases, a new wave of Hyperphysical Stores offering sustainability-focused customer...

 Retail : Sustainability : Fashion
Adaptive Appetites

Adaptive Appetites:

As inflation and supply chain fragility sends food and drink prices soaring, consumers and companies are adapting rapidly – embracing...

 Food : Drink : Society
Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a Better Future

Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a Better Future:

Creatives at Dutch Design Week 2022 confronted the critical topics of today to envisage a better tomorrow.

 Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Technology
Dutch Design Week 2022: Expedition Æqualis by Dutch Invertuals

Dutch Design Week 2022: Expedition Æqualis by Dutch Invertuals:

We round up the five best research projects exhibited at design collective Dutch Invertuals’ Expedition Æqualis, which aims to rebalance...

 Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Sustainability
Nature Stakeholders

Nature Stakeholders:

As companies face growing criticism for climate inaction, some organisations are paving the way forward by electing nature as a legal...

 Sustainability : Nature : Faith In Nature
Digital Conservation

Digital Conservation:

Conservationists are using technology as a form of safeguarding through the process of digitising historical and geological specimens...

 Design : Sustainability : Technology
The Paralysis Paradox

The Paralysis Paradox:

At a time of global dissonance, shared solutions and radically disruptive innovation will emerge from science, technology and business...

 Society : Sustainability : Technology
A New Definition of Beauty lies in Sustainable Materials

A New Definition of Beauty lies in Sustainable Materials:

Mario Cucinella, curator of the Design With Nature exhibition at Milan Design Week, on why sustainable materials are key to the future...

 Design : Architecture : Sustainability
Why Brand Futures lie in Decolonising Sustainability

Why Brand Futures lie in Decolonising Sustainability:

Moussa Mchangama, co-founder of sustainable and ethical consultancy In Futurum, discusses why sustainable action must be approached from...

 Sustainability : Lifestyle : Fashion
Milan Design Week 2022: A Resilient Future

Milan Design Week 2022: A Resilient Future:

At Milan Design Week, designers and brands envisaged a resilient society, built through nature-informed architecture and...

 Design : Architecture : Media And Entertainment
Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury

Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury:

Joey Pringle, co-founder of alternative leather manufacturer Veshin Factory, explains how plant-based leathers can disrupt the luxury...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury
Neo-collectivism

Neo-collectivism:

Society is facing a mass re-organisation. United by values of empathy and community, consumers are shunning individualism in favour of...

 Society : Retail : Workplace
Sustainable Fashion Market: India

Sustainable Fashion Market: India:

Driven by glocal changemakers, India’s sustainable fashion market is growing rapidly – with a focus on circularity, heritage and innovation.

 Fashion : Luxury : Sustainability
Biomimicry Hotels

Biomimicry Hotels:

Giving back to the land they have historically taken from, these regenerative hotels are being built by their natural environments –...

 Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury
Carbon Wears

Carbon Wears:

Emission-to-textile innovators are helping fashion brands to create new products while reducing the environmental impact of both the...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Carbon
Second-life Bridal Market

Second-life Bridal Market:

As a historically unsustainable category, the wedding sector is ushering in greener options to cater for brides’ increasingly...

 Retail : Weddings : Bridal
Nature-hacking Market

Nature-hacking Market:

Urbanites are becoming active stewards of nature by harnessing regenerative technologies to help plants thrive and build more resilient...

 Media & Technology : Technology : Sustainability
Five Fresh Innovations in Waterless Beauty

Five Fresh Innovations in Waterless Beauty:

From dissolvable sheets to freeze-dried skincare, explore the new experiences for customers using waterless beauty and personal care...

 Beauty : Wellness : Sustainability
How STH BNK is nurturing retail’s Eco-venient future

How STH BNK is nurturing retail’s Eco-venient future:

It’s time for landlords to embrace experimentation, flexibility and transparency, says David Monaghan, general manager of commercial and...

 Retail : Sustainability : Health & Wellness
Repurposed Roadwear

Repurposed Roadwear:

Car brands are combining fashion and material innovation to promote sustainable practices in mobility’s green age – without sacrificing...

 Mobility : Fashion : Sustainability
Convertible Clothing Market

Convertible Clothing Market:

As the sustainable fashion landscape evolves, brands are experimenting with long-lasting garments that adapt, change or grow with wearers.

 Fashion : Design : Sustainability
Eco-venience Retail

Eco-venience Retail:

Accelerating e-commerce and demands for expedited delivery are forcing a new framework that puts eco-conscious practices at the centre...

 Retail : Sustainability : Technology
Family in 2030: Climate Communities

Family in 2030: Climate Communities:

In this scenario, we meet an intergenerational Muslim family finding meaning and hope amid the impacts of the climate crisis on the city...

 Scenario : Society : Climate Crisis
What’s next for sustainability? Collective action

What’s next for sustainability? Collective action:

As global heating reaches boiling point, Andres Colmenares, co-director of IAM, asks how brands can address a global crisis of...

 Sustainability : Technology : Media
Travel in 2030: Slow Honeymoons

Travel in 2030: Slow Honeymoons:

In this fictional future scenario, we meet Ming and Hui, a Generation Z couple who are struggling to balance their climate commitments...

 Travel : Sustainability : Carbon Neutral
Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities

Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities:

The Future Laboratory and creative network Dutch Invertuals are exploring how design can foster Equilibrium Cities – urban zones where...

 Design : Sustainability : Creatives
Eco-motional Fashion

Eco-motional Fashion:

As climate anxieties abound, a new wave of change-makers are paving the way for a more positive, human-centric approach to sustainable...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Sustainability Futures
Climate Newsrooms

Climate Newsrooms:

Global news organisations are launching dedicated climate crisis verticals, as the media recognises its role in being part of positive...

 Media : Society : Climate Crisis
Bio-based Activewear

Bio-based Activewear:

Performance apparel and exercise accessories are going plant-based as the need for sustainable, non-toxic alternatives to synthetic...

 Athleisure : Sustainability : Material Innovation
The future of fashion is… farming?

The future of fashion is… farming?:

Allbirds’ head of sustainability, Hana Kajimura, says it’s time for the industry to reduce carbon impacts through collaborative,...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Manufacturing
It’s time for sustainability to get spiritual

It’s time for sustainability to get spiritual:

CogDis is an ethical consultancy with spirituality and imperfection at its core. Here’s how its founders are guiding brands on their...

 Sustainability : Fashion : Youth
Rail Travel Re-ignited

Rail Travel Re-ignited:

As flying shame and a desire for slower travel take root among consumer mindsets, the ease and romanticism of train travel are reviving...

 Travel : Transport : Sustainability
Criteria Retail

Criteria Retail:

From groceries to homeware, retail brands are communicating their social and eco-values to customers by setting strict criteria for...

 Retail : Society : Sustainability
Local Food Market: Australia

Local Food Market: Australia:

Amid pandemic-hit imports, a renewed sense of community and concerns about sustainability are driving positive new directions for...

 Australia : Drink : Food
The brands making the dairy aisle more sustainable

The brands making the dairy aisle more sustainable:

Demand for dairy alternatives is here to stay. As consumers seek balance between sustainability, health and taste, plant-based...

 Plant-based : Sustainability : Non-dairy
Elastic Architecture

Elastic Architecture:

Environmental crises have led architects to design adaptive buildings that can morph in line with the needs of our communities and planet.

 Architecture : Travel : Sustainability
Five design responses to the climate crisis

Five design responses to the climate crisis:

Brands are using design mechanisms to communicate about environmental issues in a bid to increase awareness and action from consumers.

 Design : Eco Design And Sustainability : Sustainability
Offset Sellers

Offset Sellers:

Amid accelerating e-commerce, new services are helping retailers to make carbon offsetting a more accessible and convenient part of the...

 Retail : Sustainability : Carbon Offsets
Interactive Eco-labels

Interactive Eco-labels:

To inspire greener behaviour among customers, fashion brands are elevating their product labels to promote transparency and product...

 Fashion : Sustainability : Retail
Post-conscious Travel

Post-conscious Travel:

Sustainable travel has been bastardised. A new wave of innovators are trading in buzzwords to redefine what it means to travel consciously.

 Travel : Hospitality : Tourism
The Urgent Company accelerates sustainability

The Urgent Company accelerates sustainability:

Industrialised food systems are broken. Paul Kollesoff, co-founder of The Urgent Company, explains how a more intelligent CPG eco-system...

 Food : Sustainability : Drink
China Green Retail Market

China Green Retail Market:

Propelled by the impact of the pandemic and shifting mindsets of Millennial and Gen Z consumers, China’s tone is changing when it comes...

 Retail : China : Sustainability
It’s time for a regenerative travel revolution

It’s time for a regenerative travel revolution:

Conscious tourism is no longer enough. Amanda Ho, co-founder of Regenerative Travel, explains why travel brands should adopt a model of...

 Travel : Tourism : Hospitality
Decarbonising Diets Market

Decarbonising Diets Market:

A growing awareness among consumers of their individual carbon footprint is fuelling a raft of innovations in low-carbon and...

 Food : Drink : Sustainability
Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion

Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion:

Sustainability demands are pushing forward material innovation in the fashion sector, resulting in a series of smarter processes, from...

 Fashion : Retail : Material
Climate-adaptive Wineries

Climate-adaptive Wineries:

As the wine industry adapts to extreme weather and wildfires, threatened vineyards are turning tainted grapes into experimental wines...

 Wine : Climate Change : Sustainability
Transforming pollution into greener diamonds

Transforming pollution into greener diamonds:

Future luxury goods could lie in unexpected places, says Aether Diamonds, a company turning pollution into glittering stones.

 Luxury : Sustainability : Manufacturing
Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed

Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed:

As fashion counts the cost of its planetary impact, we future-gaze to 2030 and posit an era when fast fashion is not only traced – it’s...

 Fashion : Technology : Sustainability
Anti-travel Airlines

Anti-travel Airlines:

Under pressure to diversify revenue streams, airlines are creating customer experiences that aren’t limited by travel restrictions.

 Travel : Airlines : Tourism
The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism

The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism:

With one-size-fits-all sustainability goals excluding people of colour, Gen Z are combining social justice with environmental activism.

 Youth : Sustainability : Intersectionality
Aerial wants to simplify travel carbon offsetting

Aerial wants to simplify travel carbon offsetting:

Aerial app co-founder Andreas Homer on his ambition to make tracking our travel carbon footprint as intuitive as counting calories or...

 Travel : Sustainability : Hospitality
Open-source Sustainability

Open-source Sustainability:

Open-source platforms are providing materials insight and education for designers, developers and architects to make their output...

 Design : Materials : Sustainability
Eco To Go

Eco To Go:

Packaging innovators are targeting the food delivery sector with re-usable and earth-friendly alternatives to single-use cartons and boxes.

 Food : Packaging : Materials
Deadstock Designers

Deadstock Designers:

As the pandemic leaves fashion brands with a glut of unsold apparel, designers are shifting focus to dead stock and agile new waste...

 Fashion : Retail : Design
DIY Dressing Market

DIY Dressing Market:

With sustainability increasingly front of mind, consumers are getting creative with their clothing and opting for DIY fashion over new...

 Fashion : Sustainability
Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose

Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose:

In the era of circular economy enthusiasts, designers should stop rehashing existing products and begin designing true era-appropriate...

 Design : Sustainability : Technology
It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth

It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth:

The pace of the last decade combined with a tumultuous 2020 is driving people towards radical community models – and brands must do the...

 Society : Sustainability : Design
Low-impact Interfaces

Low-impact Interfaces:

To cut the carbon emissions of our online consumption, designers are exploring how to simplify UX and UI design to be greener and more...

 Technology : Sustainability : Design
The rise of resilience residences

The rise of resilience residences:

Shelter and safety are aligning with luxury living as designers create high-end homes for a future affected by climate change and disasters.

 Luxury : Future Cities : Sustainability
Why travel could become a one-trip industry

Why travel could become a one-trip industry:

Yvonne Küpper of FairAway Travel, on travel brands’ sustainable responsibilitis, the impact of Covid-19, and how to avoid greenwashing.

 Travel Experience : Travelling : Tourism
Post-purpose Brands

Post-purpose Brands:

Pushing back against purpose-washing and jumping on the bandwagon, brands will embrace imperfection and focus on betterment. With more...

 Retail : Branding : Purpose
Food Waste Innovation

Food Waste Innovation:

From food-sharing to upcycling, the growing need to create innovative and sustainable solutions to food waste presents a range of...

 Food : Retail : Sustainability
Eco-ambitious Retail

Eco-ambitious Retail:

Brands are self-imposing sustainability goals on their businesses that – while initially financially impactful – validate them as...

 Retail : Sustainability : Brand 2020
Tech brands must address the environmental emergency

Tech brands must address the environmental emergency:

The challenge for tech firms over the next decade is to make the transition from profitability to solidarity, says Andres Colmenares,...

 Digital : Sustainability : Media
The Destinations Living our Slow Tourism Future

The Destinations Living our Slow Tourism Future:

Decelerated tourism is rapidly becoming a reality, as destinations adjust their travel marketing and take tactical approaches to...

 Travel : Hospitality : Sustainability
Purpose in 2030: Generation Betterment

Purpose in 2030: Generation Betterment:

In this future scenario, brands are frantically trying to reframe their purpose, turning to climate-literate Generation Alpha –...

 Scenario : Branding : Purpose
Five Future Home Scenarios for 2050

Five Future Home Scenarios for 2050:

As the climate crisis escalates, our population ages, and the way we live is reshaped by new technologies and materials, our homes will...

 Society : Sustainability : Health And Wellness
Future Forecast 2023: Drink

Future Forecast 2023: Drink:

The beverage industry will increasingly see a wave of decolonisation, with new spirits brands emerging from regions like Africa and...

 Drink : Sustainability : Packaging
Future Forecast 2023: Food

Future Forecast 2023: Food:

The post-Covid rush to be out, meet people and eat out has faded, dampened by rising living costs and global financial turmoil, which is...

 Food : Sustainability : Technology
Future Forecast 2023: Travel & Hospitality

Future Forecast 2023: Travel & Hospitality:

The future of the travel and hospitality sector is a challenging one, but those brands and services that allow individuals to enjoy the...

 Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury
Future Forecast 2023: Fashion

Future Forecast 2023: Fashion:

From dystopian aesthetics and lab-based textile alternatives to the growth of resale platforms and monetised archives, we look ahead to...

 Fashion : Design : Sustainability
Stockholm Design Week 2023: Sustainability in Goblin Mode

Stockholm Design Week 2023: Sustainability in Goblin Mode:

Swedish designers face the challenges of circularity, reducing CO2 footprint and repurposing waste.

 Stockholm Furniture Fair : Design : Society
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Innovation Debrief 2023–2024:

In our Innovation Debrief Report you will discover 50 innovations that are paving the way for a more sustainable, resilient and...

 Society : Design : Innovation
The Future of Drinks: Imbibe Live 2023

The Future of Drinks: Imbibe Live 2023:

Sustainability, health and the quest for a perfect summer spritz were the defining themes at 2023’s Imbibe Live, the UK’s leading drinks...

 Drink : Hospitality : Alcoholic Beverages

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