Don't (always) make things
If a sustainable life is to be less about stuff, and more about people – with few new buildings and products being made – what is there left for designers and artists to do?
A big part of the answer is to seek out daily life solutions that already exist… and then to adapt and improve them for new contexts.
As a designer my default setting is Make Something New. But there are billions of things that are Already Made. More and more the best answer is to use something already made. This applies to all areas of life, not just design.
But seeing as I am writing about design right now, have a look at the Useful things you can do with a Wii Remote:
1 November 2008 Jeff Gill
tags: cost-cutting,
design,
video
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