Design und Ethik: Alles für die Tonne?
- Location:
- Evang. Bildungszentrum Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Büchsenstraße 33, 70174 Stuttgart
- Date
- November 21, 2024, 7:00 PM
The ever faster throughput of products eats up resources and causes the volume of waste to continue to swell. What options do designers have to counteract this and what responsibility do they themselves bear for these developments?
Countless new products come onto the market every day - from televisions and the latest cell phones to T-shirts costing just a few euros. Many of these products only have a short lifespan. Some quickly lose favor, others prove to be less durable. This ever faster turnover of products eats up resources and increases the volume of waste. What options do designers have to counteract this and what responsibility do they themselves bear for these developments?
As part of the Design and Ethics series.
COOPERATION: Verein zur Förderung von Architektur, Engineering und Design in Stuttgart e. V. (aed), International Center for Culture and Technology Research University of Stuttgart (IZKT), Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Protestant Education Center Hospitalhof Stuttgart
No contribution towards costs.