EcoSystems is a Brooklyn-based furniture firm on a West Coast mission: a panel discussion on green design at some left coast schools, including here. Design using sustainable materials, fabrication; weighing lifecycle costs; the cradle to cradle credo; carbon footprinting; human-centered design - all are being incorporated into the programs of leading design schools.
The West Coast Design Green Now touches down at Western Washington University, The Art Institute of Portland, California College of the Arts and the University of California Long Beach. Each locale has a different set of panelists. If you have friends there who might be interested, let them know.
Portland panelists Richard Whitehall, Director of Industrial Design, Smart Design; Debbie Driscoll, Sustainability Group Account Director, Ziba; Peter Kallen - Men’s Product Design Director, Nau; Phil Berry, Principal, Sustainable Product Works present their views.
Full details of the program, the speaker bios and registration, which is required, may be found at Design Green Now. Design Green Now is laying the groundwork for green design competitions, perhaps you are a future participant. I'm a student of quality theory and there is a famous mantra: "quality is free". In the same vein, we will see that green is free too.
Sponsored by EcoSystems, Adobe, Core77, Design 21, GOOD, ReadyMade, Plyboo and Media Temple.
The event takes place Friday at the Art Institute of Portland, 1122 NW Davis. 6PM-8:30 Registration required. Free!
