Sustainable design should consider the needs of future generations without compromising resources. It is an intentional, rigorous process that engages with the external environment. The framework involves identifying facts that contradict sustainability goals and causes of anxiety, then exploring possibilities and revolutionary solutions. The document outlines a framework and process for sustainable design thinking.

1. Story Plotting
Design Thinking
By: Scott Davis
May 25, 2010

3. Sustainability:
Meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.

4. Therefore, sustainable
design should be:
 Considered
 Intentional
 Rigorous
 Engaged (with the world around you)

5. A Framework for
Sustainable Design:
Fact Possibility/Revolution
Contradiction Anxiety
*Based on the Story Plotter Framework originally developed by On Your Feet.

6. A Framework for
Sustainable Design:

7. Example:

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