Social And Moral Issues

Question 1

-how can designers produce products to be more sustainable?

Answer 1

-The use of fair trade schemes
-Ethically sourcing materials, e.g. wood from the FSC
-Recycling, materials
-designing electrical products which do not use a lot of electricity

Question 2

-what are the six Rs of sustainability?

Answer 2

Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair

Question 3

-How does fair trade impact design?

Answer 3

-fair trade, reduces the features such as less migration as people are being treated fair, so they have less reason to move to get a better job
-trade also insures that the product are ethically sourced and come from workers who are being paid well and Fairly

Question 4

-What is inclusive design?

Answer 4

-the design of mainstream products so they are accessible to as may people as possible.

Question 5

-What is empathetic design?

Answer 5

-where designers take part in tasks simulating restrictions faces by a user group, so they have a better understanding of what they are designing for

Question 6

-give an example of empathetic design?

Answer 6

-ford developed third aged suits to simulate difficulty’s which old people may face when driving so that they can develop there cars with an understanding

Question 7

-give an example of how design can help with social issues e.g. poverty, health, well-being, et cetera.

Answer 7

• an example to show how designs can help with social issues would be the gravity light
  -this was a crowd funded project which targeted poorer families in Kenya.
  -it was found that 30% of their income was spent on kerosene fuel for lamps
  -from this gravity light was developed, which used gravity and a motor to produce electricity, which gives off five times more light than kerosene
  -this was much safer and free to use

Showing how some design solutions can help with social issues, such as poverty and health