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A free website about sustainable design for students to use in class. This is a prototype and working document and I need to get feedback from students and teachers to let me know what they think, what works, what doesn't and if its helpful in anyway. Please use this website in class and fill out the feedback form.
Thanks
Charlotte

http://iamadesigner.weebly.com

The Story of Stuff

If you have not seen this site yet and are interested in product lifecycle then you really must log on.

A narrated animation giving you a clear idea of where stuff comes from and the effects it has on our planet.

www.storyofstuff.com

Envired's free power point on Sustainable Design. For teachers to use in the classroom as an introduction to Sustainable Design.
This is a resource that is aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 and can be used in the build up to GCSE Design and Technology subjects.

This power point can be changed and used as you would like, to suit you and your teaching.

If you would like to be emailed a copy of the free Sustainable Design Power Point, please email info@envired.co.uk

Please make sure you put your name on the email as well as the school that you work in.

Pumpkin TV - Sustainable Packaging

An ideal resource for students studying Food Technology, Graphic Design, Resistant Materials, Product Design, Sustainability and Citizenship. This DVD looks at how the food industry is responding to pressure to use less packaging. Made with the help of M&S head of packaging, the resource explores; the role and function of packaging, how packaging and graphic designers are working with suppliers to reduce Easter packaging while ensuring products still look good and get to shelves in one piece, and how plastic bottles are recycled into new food grade plastic, before being formed into containers and filled with salads for the M&S “Food to Go” range.

£45
http://www.pumpkintv.co.uk/dt/design_sustain/design_sustain.html

Pumpkin TV - Designing for the User: Inclusive Design

How do designers research potential markets to ensure they create products that meet the needs of users and are inclusive, irrespective of age or ability? This DVD provides three examples drawn from: Textiles (a smart cushion for office workers and the elderly); Resistant Materials (children's bikes); and Graphics/Packaging (redesign of the mobile phone experience). It shows how designers: consider the values and needs of users; determine the intended market or user and make use of ergonomics and anthropometrics. It also discusses how designers can respond to the challenges of demographic change and inclusive design.

£45
http://www.pumpkintv.co.uk/dt/design_sustain/design_sustain.html

Pumpkin TV - Choosing Sustainable Materials

Consumer pressure and new legislation mean designers and architects are increasingly being asked to use materials from a sustainable source. We talk to one of the world’s leading architects who shows us round the UK’s first zero carbon housing project and visit the Smile plastics factory where anything from old mobile phones to children’s’ Wellingtons is turned in to building materials.
The programme explores what makes a material sustainable, including: certification, recycling, and the inputs and carbon footprint required to create them.

£40

Available from
http://www.pumpkintv.co.uk/dt/design_sustain/design_sustain.html

Pumpkin TV - Designing with Recycled Materials

Government legislation, consumer pressure and new technology are all creating new opportunities for designers. This programme looks at how they are rising to the challenge of designing mass produced products from recycled plastics. Case studies include a chair made from Sony Playstations and washing machines that use parts made from recycled fridge plastic. We follow the design process from concept, to modelling, testing and evaluation.

£40

Available from
http://www.pumpkintv.co.uk/dt/design_sustain/design_sustain.html

Pumpkin TV - Recycled and Sustainable Tetiles

Textiles make up 30 percent of landfill. This programme looks at how textile designers are meeting the challenge from government and consumers to reduce, reuse and recycle. The resource provides inspirational case studies showing how shoes are made from old tyres and seatbelts, bags are made from recycled airline seats and high fashion tailoring is created from second hand shop finds. Designers talk through the evolution of their ideas, the design and make process and discuss the future of industrial recycled textile design.

£40

Available from
http://www.pumpkintv.co.uk/dt/page2/page2.html