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Andy Goldsworthy: An Aesthetics of Sustainable Living

By Stuart Kendall ⋅ February 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

A paper delivered by Stuart Kendall at the 2010 CAA conference in Chicago.

Design loves a depression?

By Vanessa Kanan Correa ⋅ January 15, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Last week, the New York Times writer Michael Cannell claimed that design was getting its come-uppance. Too big for its britches, Cannell suggested. A little, how shall we say it…frivolous.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM KANAN DESIGN

By Kanan Design ⋅ January 6, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

To help others enjoy a bountiful 2009, Kanan Design made a donation to Heifer International’s WiLD initiative (Women in Livestock Development). WiLD helps women and children around the world achieve self-reliance through sustainable agricultural solutions. Happy New Year from Kanan Design!

The problem of sustainability

By Vanessa Kanan Correa ⋅ January 5, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Sustainability, at this moment, has become ubiquitous in contemporary American culture. This is not to say contemporary culture is sustainable, only that a discourse of sustainability has arisen in order to both encourage sustainability and to sell cultural products based on their sustainability. The question for designers and others who wish to replace a marketplace keyed to cradle-to-grave public policy positions, design and engineering then becomes: How do we speak to both a fractured and disparate audience about the fundamental holism of sustainability? How do (and should?) niche audiences recognize holistic design and sustainable manufacturing practices?

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