Scott Billings, in an article for Design Week Magazine last week, gave a detailed analysis of the state of designed obsolescence in graphic and industrial design.
He cites the 1964 publication of Ken Garland's 'First Things First' manifesto as: "a cry for less triviality, transience and wastefulness, and for more value." Scott also mentions the 2000 Adbusters version of 'First Things First' and how it lamented against "how graphic designers' 'time and energy is used up manufacturing demand for things that are inessential, at best'".
In the wake of Greenpeace's most recent Green Electronics Survey, Scott goes on to discuss the slow progress being made by the particularly polluting global electronics industry and highlights some exemplary products from the survey.
It's good to know that even some of the biggest players in industry are beginning to take sustainability seriously.
See the whole article here.
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