Sustainable design

Design has to be quiet, he said.

It has to stop shouting.

We are living in a designed world.... products, buildings, transport, cities, landscapes, services, experiences, pretty much everything is designed.

We as consumers are shouting for novelty: more products, services and experiences are needed every day.

To satisfy this demand, our designs are shouting for more resources and energy that we do not have available. We are living on the credit of future generations. We are causing massive pollution.

The climate is changing. The impact will be negative - maybe disastrous.  

Can we stop shouting for constant novelty? Can design stop shouting for more energy and resources? Can design be quiet?

Food, materials, energy, industry, people, spaces, communities - thequietriot.com celebrates solutions, which are highly energy efficient, use renewable resources and are well designed, aspirational and sustainable.

thequietriot.com was successfully launched at the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2009.

There is a quiet riot going on!