D. 課程簡介

背 景：

在工業設計界有個簡單的論點：設計師創造了人們對貨品與服務的需求，而這需求增長也增加垃圾量與二氧化碳排放量，造成垃圾掩埋、環境汙染、甚至全球暖化等問題。因此，設計師本身直接或間接該為當前的環境問題負責。

對於在設計界工作的人，該如何回應此議題？現在產業界與設計界越來越常提到「綠色」、「生態倫理」、「永續」、「廢物利用」、「可回收」等種種環保詞彙，一個有環境意識的設計師不能忽視生產與消費面上的環保議題。但是身為設計師該如何詮釋這些詞彙？如何詮釋「永續性」？能使用哪些設計方法與切入點？本工作營的目的並非以「永續設計」為唯一目的，而是希望喚醒學生的環境意識、鼓勵並培養學生對環境議題的批判性思考與研究能力。這不僅影響設計的操作層面，也影響設計的整個背後思維邏輯。生產層面上就該思考材料、加工過程、包裝、運送等所牽涉的環保議題，在市場行銷上要考慮當下與未來的消費者，更要將在地特性和國際法令包含在思維邏輯中。

There is a fairly simple argument about industrial design that goes: designers help create demand for goods and services; increased consumption of goods and services lead to increased waste of natural resources and contribute to global warming through CO2 emissions, landfill, toxic environments etc. therefore; designers are, directly or indirectly, responsible for a great deal of the issues we are currently facing.

If you are going to work in design, how do you respond to this argument? Terms such as green, eco, ethical, fair, sustainable, recycled, recyclable are used with increasing frequencyby both manufacturers and designers. It has been argued that any responsible designer cannot avoid dealing with the ethical component of manufacture and consumption. But what do these terms and philosophies mean? How can a designer engage with these ideas of sustainability? What are the design tools, where is the methodology? This project will NOT teach you how to become a “sustainable designer.” It is structured to raise your awareness, encourage critical thinking, and develop your research skills to do with issues ofsustainability. It i

s clear that these affect not only your design practice but the entire context in which you design; from raw materials to manufacture, from packaging to transport, from marketing to consumer and post-consumer, from local practices to international legislation.