Friday, January 25, 2013

Susan Szenasy's speach


Last week Susan Szenasy from metropolis magazine spoke here at UNCG. She talked about how research from many different areas of study is beneficial to the design process. Especially when approaching the area of green design. She played a short film of different designers that were exploring more efficient sustainable designs; ranging in subject from light pollution, water insulation and paper folding. She also talked about our reliance on technology, her comment was that technology will not solve the world’s problems, but we will with the help of technology.
This impacted my design philosophy by reminding me that technology is a muli-tool, not a total problem solver.  Also that design is heavily impacted by the research we do and how varied that research is.