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Stefanie Koehler

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Aspiring to Improve the World Through a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 3
Aspiring to Improve the World Through a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 3

Products and Design / In this three-part mini-series, Core77's Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work. Read parts one and two - 10 years ago

Aspiring to Improve the World Through a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 2
Aspiring to Improve the World Through a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 2

Products and Design / In this three-part mini-series, Core77's Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work. Read part one. - 10 years ago

Aspiring to Improve the World by Crafting a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 1
Aspiring to Improve the World by Crafting a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 1

Products and Design / A New Way of ThinkingWe all know the plight of the typical industrial designer: make (more) stuff; repeat. But with the nexus of vast technical abilities and support systems to deliver ideas, where does responsibility and "design sensitivity" come into play? How will we be able to design with an understanding that every design decision is connected in some way to everything else (either directly or indirectly) and will inevitably have a social and environmental impact (intended or not)? Is it even our responsibility as designers to think about the impact of our designs? Do we need to worry about what happens up or downstream of our products, or is that someone else's job? - 10 years ago