Design and Sustainability - for iPod/iPhone

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Are you aware of the environmental impacts of the stuff you buy? Is that chair you bought made from wood from a sustainable forest, or was it illegally logged ? Or perhaps your TV set's inner parts are too difficult to recycle or cause pollution when it’s dismantled at the end of its life. All this…

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  • Mar 25, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 16 EPISODES


Latest episodes from Design and Sustainability - for iPod/iPhone

Design and Sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2010 1:20


A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Design and Sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2010


Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Consumer product testing

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 4:06


Representatives of Intertech, a product-testing company, discuss their methods of testing.

Transcript -- Consumer product testing

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- Representatives of Intertech, a product-testing company, discuss their methods of testing.

Testing standards

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 0:31


Emphasising the importance of standards in consumer testing.

Transcript -- Testing standards

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- Emphasising the importance of standards in consumer testing.

The five principles of sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 7:58


The three layers of sustainability and the five principles to reduce the impact of products on the environment.

Transcript -- The five principles of sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- The three layers of sustainability and the five principles to reduce the impact of products on the environment.

The history of a chair

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 1:23


An example of what is meant by the term 'hidden ugliness'.

Transcript -- The history of a chair

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- An example of what is meant by the term 'hidden ugliness'.

The designer's role in sustainable development

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 1:56


Issues that a product designer should consider in order to make a product sustainable.

Transcript -- The designer's role in sustainable development

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- Issues that a product designer should consider in order to make a product sustainable.

Incorporating sustainability in product design

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 2:14


The future challenges of sustainability that designers face and how these could be resolved.

Transcript -- Incorporating sustainability in product design

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- The future challenges of sustainability that designers face and how these could be resolved.

The five principles in design project work

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009 0:58


In support of how the five principles of sustainability can help in design project work.

Transcript -- The five principles in design project work

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2009


Transcript -- In support of how the five principles of sustainability can help in design project work.

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