One material - How to engineer the shoe with one material across the whole closed loop cycle.

When we talk about planned obsolescence, we refer to the all-too-common strategy of designing products with limited useful lifespans. Hence, they become outdated or useless within a specific, predetermined period.

One material - How to engineer the shoe with one material across the whole closed loop cycle.

Before the industrial revolution, products were hard to make. Materials were scarce, and things were made to last.

In the relentless pursuit of a sustainable future, the built world is undergoing a paradigm shift, shifting its gaze from erecting new green structures to a more nuanced strategy - ‘adaptive reuse’. This transformative approach embraces the potential lying dormant in existing buildings and precincts, leveraging their historical and architectural character to accelerate progress toward climate and materials net-zero objectives.

There are 160 million designers of all types in the world, and not all of them have the word ‘design’ in their title. In product design, the designer plans the form, function, materials and use of the product. They also consider how the product will interact with other systems.