Thinking through Bamboo. Challenges of designing for sustainability in Argentina

Mariana Salgado / Mariana MassigogeCentro Metropolitano de Diseño- Ciudad de Buenos Aires

workshop

+ objects

+ interviews

To participants

To experts (policies and development)

How could governmental policies motivate

design for sustainability in

developing countries from a designers’

perspective?

How policies could reinforce collaboration

while the goal is sustainability?

Workshop

Good for:

Gather designers and up date them after university degree

Fill the gap that university curricula does not address

Estimulate new networks in professional stage

Introduce the material possibilities and the sustainability issue

Good for:

Motivate discussions that can influence design decisions

Designers were happy and eager to work with bamboo

and grow their curiosity on the subject

Material election was a key factor

Objects

But not enough for:

Making products that can compete in the market

But not enough for:

Inserting their products into their own collections

Interviews& discussions

Need of the economic and profesional expertise

Incentives for collaboration

Increase use of social media in the collaboration projects

Incentives for getting certifications

Provide support for translation and printing

Thanks!