Sustainable Design Flashcards
Can design impact sustainability?
Yes :
Specification of Materials
Size
Messaging
Ink
G7 certification
Specification of Materials
Specify sustainable paper stock
Use lower basis weight stock
Specify FSC paper
Types of paper
- Least is 100% virgin pulp
- Most 100% recycled paper, never used due to cost and look
- Middle Ground - Post consumer waste paper PCW
, 30% PCW - 70% Virgin Mix
Use lower basis weight stock
FSC
- Forest Stewardship Council
- Certified Paper
- Come from a sustainably managed forest
- Worldwide
BO
Brightness Opacity
Opacity = Translucent
Change the Size
Catalog Standard is 8.5 x 11 (92.5 Square Inches)
- Reduce size 6 x 9 (54 Square Inches)
- Saved 38.5 square inches
- 42% Saved
Change Imposition
- Reduce bleeding
Messaging
- Can do 1 page instead of a catalog - direct to website
- Make a note about how you were sustainable with design :
Product is printed on recycled material
Ink
- Soy/ Plants based oil ink
Rather than fossil fuel based ink which are Non renewable - Reduce the consumption of raw materials
- Reuse materials
G7 certification
- Certified Test Sheet that matches Proof
- G7 certified means it will match automatically
More sustainable
C2G
- Cradle to grave
- Liner flow of goods
- using since industrial revolution
- Take - Make - Waste
C2C
- Cradle to Cradle
- Circular process where waste becomes an input
- Zero Waste
- Focus on use of renewable resources
Circular Economy (CE)
- multifaceted approach with a focus on producer who:
- Embrace sustainable design
- Use regenerative materials
- Collect end of life products and materials for the continuous use in the economy
- Whatever is waste is recovered and becomes inputs
- Ellen MacArthur
MRF
- Municipal recycling facility
- Reject more than they accept
Example of Circular Economy (CE)
- Jet engines are designed to be recoverable
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover
- Waste becomes input to the cycle of production
Professor Suarez
“Operational Principles of a Circular Economy” 2019
1/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
1) Adjust inputs of the system to the rated of regeneration
(- If we need something don’t go get new finite resources
- Use old/used materials)
2/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
2) Adjust the outputs from the system to absorption rates
(- Don’t overproduce / over supply
- Get better understanding of demand )
- Example of a bad is Fast Fashion
3/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
3) Close the System
- Connections the waste management stage to the resource acquisition stage, thus an integration and implementation of 3R philosophy.
( Taking waste and having a more solid waste management system and connecting it back to the beginning of the cycle )
4/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
4) Maintain Resources value throughout the system
( No value to waste,
-Glass bottles had cash value once
-Most items we recycle aren’t accepted
- If we maintain resource value, we wouldn’t be sending them to the landfill )
5/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
5) Reduce the systems size
(- We have too many players in the field
- To many confusing options to everyone
- Make it simple)
6/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
6) Design for circularity
( - Design for stuff to be more sustainable
- Make it circular
- Make prints smaller
- Recycled Paper
- Add messaging : This paper was recycled )
7/7 Principle to Create a Circular Economy
7) Educate for Circularity
(-Cuba made education for sustainability a priority starting with elementary education
- Educate all the players )
