Description
Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Brian Hui Wang LAUA project-based course that introduces students to the basics of Eco-design. Eco-design is the practice of designing for the purpose of conserving, sustaining and the propagating of Nature’s eco-systems. Given the current crisis of climate change and environmental degradation, students will learn how to use ideas and insights from ‘Science’, ‘Technology’, ‘Arts’, ‘Politics’, ‘Ethics’ and ‘Spirituality’, to develop meaningful designs for products, services and/or communication strategies, that balance man-made needs with the integrity of natural eco-systems. Ideas from leading research in sustainable and ecological practices will be incorporated with methodologies from Design Thinking, Circular Design, Design Futuring and Design Fictions. Students will at the end of the course be able to understand the interdisciplinarity and interrelatedness of Eco-design and be able to use this understanding in their own daily practices and/or chosen professions.