Hi Anne,
now I'm not sure how relevant this is but I'm volunteering on a Friends of The Earth campaign on 'greener products'. It's early days yet as the campaign will be launched at the beginning of next year. The campaign deals with strengthening EU policies which in turn will have an impact on the wider design and manufacturing industry.
I have some information on current policies and guidelines and would be happy to forward documents to you if you think this might be helpful. I think it would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between key moments in design activism and policy change. I would also be really interested to know if anyone else is aware of designers' actions that have shaped policies in the past.
Kind regards,
Anne Schiffer
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Subject: Timeline on design activism (public interest design, social design)
Hello All (who are not on vacation),
I'm developing a timeline of "design activism" for a forthcoming book that
examines design, the pressures of economic growth and consumerism, and
activist tools (borrowed from social movements) that designers might use to
confront consumerism. I welcome input on the timeline from members of this
list on items that may be missing or debated.
You can see the whole draft timeline at
http://designactivism.net/archives/385
I've already had a comment about a number graphic design related dates,
which I am considering. The book is explicitly oriented around spatial and
material politics (and hence around architecture and industrial/product
design), but there are always blurred edges where representation and
visualization come into it, where people cross disciplinary boundaries, and
so forth. There is a UK/USA English language bent, due to the context for
the book, but I'm open to a wider context for the timeline.
Of particular interest, and perhaps known to this group, is information
about any academic centers taking on design and politics explicitly. The
ones I'm familiar with, and their founding dates, include:
TU Delft chair in politics and design, 2009
Goldsmiths: center for architectural research 2005
Manchester Architecture Research Center 2006
It is perhaps a hopeless task to try to find and include all relevant
points, but one can try. Any thoughts welcome. Perhaps someone on the list
is familiar with other similar timelines?
Many thanks,
Ann Thorpe
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