Environment Flashcards
What are the advantages of a culture where fashion features highly?
—Oscar Lawson
It’s a natural phenomenon
Consumers spend more on trends
Stimulates market progress
What are the disadvantages of fashion?
—Oscar Lawson
Wasteful, placing additional pressures on natural resources
Youth market exploited
Unethical marketing in poorer countries
Brands can charge more for the association (eg Nike, Supreme, Coke)
Labour markets stretched and exploited (eg in China)
What is planned obsolescence?
—Oscar Lawson
When manufacturers design products to only last a certain amount of time
Eg. Apple slows down old phones to encourage people to switch to newer models
What are the advantages of planned obsolescence?
—Oscar Lawson
Changes in fashion create demand anyway and advances in technology make products naturally obsolete
Products can be cheaper if they don’t have to be as durable or last as long
What are the disadvantages of planned obsolescence?
—Oscar Lawson
It costs the consumer to upgrade to a newer model when they don’t need to
It is very wasteful, pressuring the environment and natural resources
What are some environmental factors in design
-Krystian S
Recyclable Reusable Renewable Biodegradable Environmentally friendly packaging Product life
What is meant by the term fashion
-Krystian S
Trends across manufactured products
What is planned obsolescence?
-Krystian S
Products are designed to last for a certain length of time. The decision is
made by the manufacturer based on market research.
What are renewable resources
-Krystian S
raw materials
which can be replaced e.g. by the
replanting of trees and stock is used.
What are non-renewable resources
-Krystian S
resources which once
used cannot be replaced e.g. oil used to
make plastics. Fossil fuels
What is planned obsolescence
-Torsai K
products designed to last for a certain length of time
mobile phones and computers not built to last for more than a few eyars
What are environmental factors in design?
-Torsai K
recyclable reusable renewable bio-degredable environmentally friendly packaging product life
What are some moral debates?
-Torsai K
changing fashions
planned product obsolescence
sustainable technology
conservation of process
What are some arguments for fashion?
-Torsai K
Natural phenomenon & consumers enjoy spending money on the ‘latest fashion’
changing fashions stimulate progress as manufacturers seek to improve their product
What are non-renewable materials?
-Torsai K
resources that once are used cannot be used again, and cannot be replaced.
