Finding Direction

Throughout history, the worlds of politics, design and art have seen movements manifested in specific ideals. These movements spread through the veins of society, offering goals to which humanity must strive to reach. With the increased concern for the planet's welfare has come a growing interest in "green" design. Not only do I feel that sustainable design is vital for the protection of the environment in which we operate, but I feel that we need to reevaluate the way we design and live. We must remember that what we are responsible for environmental impact resulting from the artifacts we produce. Our approach to design must be to operate without a trace. Design must be productive but should exist in harmony with nature, its effects neutralizing with the environment. The artifact pictured above is a representation of this manifesto. The progression in size and opacity from pure and transparent plexiglas to solid white symbolizes the pollution resulting from human interaction with the environment. To represent the neutralization of these environmental effects, the plexiglas progresses back to its transparent state, resuming its properties as a pure substance.