In our acts of making we are also unmakers. To make books we fell trees. To make an omelette break eggs. To power our cities and homes we level mountains. Each act of creation is also an act of destruction. Is this just entropy playing its role — that the
via Instagram ift.tt/1Ocu0hx — In our acts of making we are also unmakers. To make books we fell trees. To make an omelette break eggs. To power our cities and homes we level mountains. Each act of creation is also an act of destruction. Is this just entropy playing its role — that there is just only so much matter and energy? Or is there something special about how humans unmake the world around them in the process of societal “progress?” Does sustainable design honestly acknowledge this make/unmake duality? Does sustainability require minimizing the described unmaking? Can newer and more plentiful objects exist without unmaking everything around us? #sustainabilitist #sustainability #designquestions #designerasphilosopher
In our acts of making we are also unmakers. To make books we fell trees. To make an omelette break eggs. To power our cities and homes we level mountains. Each act of creation is also an act of destruction. Is this just entropy playing its role — that the
via Instagram ift.tt/1Ocu0hx — In our acts of making we are also unmakers. To make books we fell trees. To make an omelette break eggs. To power our cities and homes we level mountains. Each act of creation is also an act of destruction. Is this just entropy playing its role — that there is just only so much matter and energy? Or is there something special about how humans unmake the world around them in the process of societal “progress?” Does sustainable design honestly acknowledge this make/unmake duality? Does sustainability require minimizing the described unmaking? Can newer and more plentiful objects exist without unmaking everything around us? #sustainabilitist #sustainability #designquestions #designerasphilosopher