Impact of the Designer

Question 1

What objective does a designer have?

Answer 1

To protect public safety by preventing harming others and making a reasonable effort to anticipate what harm might come from the work.

Question 2

How much value in the production chain is determined by marketeers and designers?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

What 4 things is a design?

Answer 3

1. A skill.
2. A combination of art, society and technology.
3. A process.
4. A creative act.

Question 4

What principles are outlined as sustainable design principles?

Answer 4

1. Futurity principle.
2. Public participation.
3. Environmental preservation.
4. Equity promoting equality.

Question 5

How does authority and responsibility come into sustainability?

Answer 5

For designers to act ethically they must have ability to recognise and understand the circumstances of choice and the capability to respond to the ethical requirements of the situation.

Question 6

What conditions must be met to be able to make a moral choice?

Answer 6

1. Recognition of the “fork in the road” that a decision must be made.
2. Awareness that the decision must be made in short order.
3. Knowledge of the limited number of choices.
4. Adequate information of knowledge.