is your life so busy that you wish you could squeeze in some quick exercises ? design-aerobics! .....................................................................................................................................................................


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aspects of design practice - summer course $ 59





be environmentally responsible, promote sustainability,
explore design that is helping the planet stay green.
ecology is a broad discipline.
the greek 'oikos' means 'the home', the place where
we live. the first principle is that each living organism
has an ongoing and continual relationship with every
other element that makes up its environment.
the loss of adaptive capacity is when the resilience
of an environment, a species or population evolves
in an unfavorable way to cope with perturbations that
interfere. today people romanticize and
activists' causes are often marked by massive
internal contradiction.
over three-quarters of all adult consumers say
that they pay attention to a company's environmental
reputation before buying its products and services.
two-thirds say they recycle their waste.
we all collaborate to make our air and
water cleaner... this course intends to provide
an alternative to the mystification which contributes
to a general counter-enlightenment.

duration : june 19 - august 21


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LESSON LIST 30 lessons


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basic lessons 10 lessons
please read and practise at your own pace !

context (4 lessons)
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Lesson 1: design horizons
Lesson 2: art
Lesson 3: technology
Lesson 4: relationships of production

design + society (3 lessons)
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Lesson 5: a new form / kitsch
Lesson 6: ergonomics ?
Lesson 7: copyrights

creativity skills / general training practise (3 lessons)
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Lesson 8: cursive writing / drawing
Lesson 9: idea
Lesson 10: cooking class


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specific lessons 20 lessons
lessons will be published on progress,
please DO YOUR EXERCISES AND HOMEWORK
and respect deadlines !


introduction (11 lessons)
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Lesson 11: what is ecological design?
Lesson 12: definitions of terms commonly used
Lesson 13: the popular internet resources ...
Lesson 14: idyll and reality
Lesson 15: energy from renewable resources
Lesson 16: rainwater / drinking water
Lesson 17: 'green' buildings
Lesson 18: the kyoto protocol
Lesson 19: food systems


case histories (7 lessons)
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Lesson 20: paper and recycling
Lesson 21: re-think and re-cycle
Lesson 22: solar cooking
Lesson 23: toys with no batteries
Lesson 24: green lighting
Lesson 25: turning plants into plastic
Lesson 26: recycling carpet


research and exercises (4 lessons)
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Lesson 27: bike parking (homework)
Lesson 28: PET bottle (homework)
Lesson 29: turn ... into ... (homework results)
Lesson 30: bike rack (homework results)





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