Guest Lecture for IDES 1001 Industrial Design Analysis at School of Industrial Design, Carleton University.

1. IDES 1001
Product Design | Sustainability

2. What is sustainability?
“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” – Bruntland 1987

3. Slow death by rubber duck
Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie

4. Walking Family
Alessandro Loschiavo

5. Less is more
Dieter Rams

6. Happy customer with new iPhone Conflict minerals mining in DRC

7. Is this mouse sustainable?

8. “Light up your world with light emotions!”

9. Crystal PS Lithium batteries Phosphor
Just how bad are disposable light-up drinks glasses really?

10. 38 grams of PS 38 tonnes to landfill

11. How would you describe these two pictures?

13. Hyundai Genesis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HcFMWKThpg

14. Minerals
Metals

15. Minerals
Fossils

16. Minerals
Concrete

17. Salvaged brick Destroyed concrete

18. Mining in history Mining today
Manual labour Mir Mine, Siberia

19. Conflict minerals
Minerals mined in conditions of armed conflict and human rights abuses

20. Artisanal mining Mining today
Guinea, West Africa Mir Mine, Siberia

21. Trans-Amazonian Highway
Opened up a great opportunity for further deforestation

22. Aluminum
One of the lightest, most flexible and low toxicity metals

23. Raw aluminum production
Mining waste generated from aluminum production

24. Lotus by William Harvey Collection
DuVerre die-cast recycled aluminum

25. Ancient cedar White cedar
Cathedral Grove, BC Ontario

26. Arbutus Bench
Peter Walsh | Victoria, BC

27. Illegal deforestation Pole bench
Amazon Sebastian Cox
{sustainably harvested wood}

29. Reclaimed wood furniture Alphabet stools for kids
Ubico Design Studio Sascha Grewe
{non-formaldehyde MDF | No VOC paint}

30. Murano glass bowl dollar store bowls

31. Batch of glass
Contaminated with aluminum particles

32. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAShtolieg&feature=related

33. Oil LCA
Most synthetic polymers are co-products of oil

34. Which type of plastic is your product made out of?

35. Fabric
Cotton | Nylon | Hemp | Viscose

36. InterfaceFLOR
Pioneers in sustainable textiles

37. Synthetic composites
Fibers within a matrix {non-biodegradable}

38. Natural composites
Fibers within a matrix {fully biodegradable}

39. Frameworks of sustainable design
Life Cycle Assessment
Cradle to Cradle
Biomimicry

40. Lago
Life Cycle Assessment of furniture

41. Cradle to Cradle
William McDonough | Michael Braungart

42. Cradle to Cradle Principle
William McDonough | Michael Braungart

43. Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature
Janine Benyus

44. Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature
Janine Benyus