Design 21: Social Design Network

I love what your design communicates easily through visual representation. great work.

As a young enthusiastic student designer, I often find myself looking for cradle to cradle solutions to design.

Recently I have faced the realities of finding a job soon and am beginning to learn the sad truth behind most of the jobs available in my area.

At the end of the day, everyone has a boss with deadlines and cost restraints. In addition to that, we all have a mortgage to pay. This poses the ever-so present question:

Is Capitalism, as a political ideology, sustainable for society and the environment? If so, how can designers create a system that will work for all of members of society, including the number-crunching corporations, and those lower on the socio-ecomomic level?

...and lastly, how can designers infultrate the main-streams blatent disreguard for green solutions?

TS, You have a very clever and interesting concept, but i have to ask some questions about the semantics to determine if it is really "green"

Whilst it addresses issues of people re-connecting with nature, however im lost on the "greeness" of it. Yes it is green in colr and plants are part og the environment, but what natural resources will it take for upkeep on this? Does it work with the native landscape of New York? Often growing grass and plants non-native are in theory bad for the environment, wasting water and polluting with fertilizers in the name of aesthetics.

Overall i think it would work better in an environment that is natively lush like Portland Oregon. What re your thoughts?

This is a very interesting article. My niece is profoundly deaf and she comes from a speaking family. I am also ID. You findings are compelling. You must keep me posted :)

thanks for the info! :)

thanks for the info! :)

Thank you for your input. I live in the States and to be honest I feel jaded. I attend school in Orange County and the level of awarness is shockingly low!

As i read your descriptive review, i couldn't help but wonder:

"where does capitalism fall into this?"

What were other designers views on the way Americans live?