Why design now?

After reviewing all the works in the exhibition, I found most of design works contain sense of sustainability and environmental awareness. Multiple Chairs use materials that already exist but not raw material. Jetske de Groot uses up-cycling concept to create a series of furniture. Her works not only inspire others but also give the old furniture a new look and another new life circle.Green Map uses another way of communication to send the “green message” and share the information in more than many cities worldwide.

Now is the era of high-tech innovation, a lot of products and communication mediaare able to replace old design like books, magazines and printed maps efficiently and reach more people from different aspects than before. Greensulate is an organic board made from the “roots” of a mushroom. It is affordable and environmentally friendly good for use as insulating panels and also can be packaging and furniture. I find similarities in these 3 articles; where they convey the concept of environmental protection and sustainability with different approach.

Some products, apps and websites bring people together sharing the same interests; also allow people in the world share their information without delay. Social networking is becoming a trained and it sometimes can be informative and educational for me, ex. In the latest of Grey's Anatomy, the TV show, despite the commercial placement marketing, “Tweeter" is one of the teaching tool in the hospital. Interns tweet in the O.R., while operating; it allows medical school students and other professionals in their field to fellow the tweets. It is very useful for all doctors and medical professionals with live decisions and diagnosis. Doctors from other hospitals can scarab in a surgery just by tweeter. How amazing is that?!

Not only tweeter pull people together, Facebook is also informative. While I am reading something interesting, I can share it with my facebook from right away.

Some might think those social network sites pull people away from physical interaction, reducing the chance of face to face communication, however from my point of view, I argue it is the new way of communication.