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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Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
Representatives of Intertech, a product-testing company, discuss their methods of testing.
Transcript -- Representatives of Intertech, a product-testing company, discuss their methods of testing.
Emphasising the importance of standards in consumer testing.
Transcript -- Emphasising the importance of standards in consumer testing.
The three layers of sustainability and the five principles to reduce the impact of products on the environment.
Transcript -- The three layers of sustainability and the five principles to reduce the impact of products on the environment.
An example of what is meant by the term 'hidden ugliness'.
Transcript -- An example of what is meant by the term 'hidden ugliness'.
Issues that a product designer should consider in order to make a product sustainable.
Transcript -- Issues that a product designer should consider in order to make a product sustainable.
The future challenges of sustainability that designers face and how these could be resolved.
Transcript -- The future challenges of sustainability that designers face and how these could be resolved.
In support of how the five principles of sustainability can help in design project work.
Transcript -- In support of how the five principles of sustainability can help in design project work.