Never Waste A Good Crisis

What Design Can Do

Publication | Future concept | International | Material | Sustainable design

In response to one of the greatest challenges of our time, a new yellow book by What Design Can Do is shining a spotlight on 31 creative optimists who are working to reinvent our relationship with waste. From building with bacteria to designing for disassembly, Never Waste A Good Crisis offers an exciting glimpse into the initiatives and experiments that bring us closer to a circular future.

Today, we find ourselves at the precipice of multiple ecological crises. And by contributing to over-consumption and over-production, the creative industries have long been a part of the problem. The changemakers featured in this book show that we can do better. Design can (and must!) be a part of the solution.

Never Waste a Good Crisis was made possible thanks to the support of Fedrigoni Papers and Zwaan Lenoir printing. The book is now available for order here.

Circular Garden – photo by Marco Beck Peccoz
Circular Garden – photo by Marco Beck Peccoz
Ore Streams, Studio Formafantasma (Italy)
Pimp My Carroca – photo by Thiago Mundano
Makli Cultural Centre, Yasmeen Lari (Pakistan)
Makli Cultural Centre, Yasmeen Lari (Pakistan)
The Slum Studio, Sel Kofiga (Ghana) -photo by Fibi Afloe
Totomoxtle by Fernando Laposse (Mexico)
Totomoxtle by Fernando Laposse (Mexico)

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