The Foundation is happy to announce that we will be taking part in the prestigious Clerkenwell Design Week, which runs from 22nd – 24th May 2012. On the final day, Ellen will be presenting to practicing designers and architects on the role of design in the transition to a circular economy.
Following Ellen’s Presentation, the Foundation will be running a Redesign Lab for around 50 attendees. The evening workshop provides designers and design & technology teachers the rare opportunity to work alongside one another in disassembling an everyday product, and considering how it could be redesigned for a future of finite energy and resources.
The workshop has been conceived by award-winning D&T Teacher Steve Parkinson, and will provide an introduction to circular economy thinking and relate this to product design.
The Foundation and D&T Association will be publishing an extensive suite of free teaching resources later this year, and this event gives educators a first look at the role of the circular economy in the new D&T curriculum.
Find out more about Clerkenwell Design Week here, or on Facebook and Twitter
The core text. Describing the basic shift from sustainability as 'doing less harm', and focussing on 'me and consumerism' to one of 'doing good' and 'systems and citizenship'.
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