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Visualising sustainability

March 15, 2009

“Sustainable Lens: A visual guide” published by NewSplash available through Amazon. How to convey the essence of sustainability in a few sketched lines? I’m wading through the net and my bookshelves to find examples of the genre. I’m looking for schematics of the notion of sustainability itself rather than the underlying science – greenhouse, carbon, meso climate […]

Need to visualise sustainability

March 13, 2009

I’m not sure how this happened, but I’m working on two sustainability books at the moment. One of them is highly visual and we’re working with communication design students to produce it. The book has a long running narrative, illustrated by short stories. Each of these is accompanied by a photograph which (tangentially at least) illustrates the […]

Yes, IT has a chance to shine – but not if we close our eyes

March 9, 2009

Ted Samson says “IT has a chance to shine” but it’s under the wrong title: IT versus global climate change. After a promising first paragraph he leaves himself open for moronic comment. I suggest to those negative commentators that they think about the potential role of computing in a wider consideration of sustainability. Sustainability is not […]

Pencil Envy: Good Design is Sustainable Design

March 8, 2009

The designers have done it again – proving once again that computing has largely missed the boat on what it means to be a sustainable discipline (see earlier design accord and design manifesto). Here’s the opening line from the Queensland Design Strategy 2020: Good design is sustainable design. This definition comes from the British […]

And the Award for the Most Inspiring Dad goes to…

March 6, 2009

In February last year I got this email from my Dad: My BIG project is that I’m going to raise the money to build a school for 400 kids in Cambodia…I’ve got it all planned and costed and approved in Cambodia a…I’ve made a power point 50 photo presentation and big talk…with […]