Closed Wallets, Closed Minds Consumption is what makes the world go round. It is, so many economists and politicians would have us believe, progress. If we do not consume enough we will soon be deeper in recession. Like it or not, shopping seems to be what is keeping us from the brink. We have had [...]
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David Report Bulletin issue 13/March 2011
Design + Culture – A Return to Fundamentalism? Design has become the embodiment of a larger process of creative “culture-mongering” that has become a means to capture ideation, innovation and enterprise and made to stand for cultural identity. Whilst the application of design is multiplying exponentially, it is losing its validity as a cultural icon. [...]
David Report Bulletin issue 12/March 2010
Time to Rethink Design We are facing a pandemic of ‘designed stuff’ and we have reached a contamination point, a crisis for Design. Why are we not more pertubed and disturbed, why are we so tolerant? Should we not be calling for a guerrilla war against ‘designerism’ or do we need a revolution to cut [...]
David Report Bulletin issue 11/2009
A checklist for sustainability This issue of David Report is a checklist for sustainability. We will not provide all of the answers, but we will on the other hand ask a lot of questions – one of the most important ways to acquire knowledge. You will also find thoughtful quotes and best practise examples. One [...]
David Report Bulletin issue 10/2008
5 key design trends In the new report we introduce 5 key design trends that in one way or the other will change our future; Cooltural, Rationaissance, Responsibiz, Sensuctive and Breaking Boundaries. We will leave the surface to instead go in depth and relate our design trends to social, economical and ecological patterns and phenomena’s [...]
David Report Bulletin issue 9/2008
I shop therefore I am Shopping has turned into a lifestyle. We consume as leisure and a way to pass time. But at the same time many realizing that the power of consumption stopping us from finding true and sincere happiness; and that shopping often works as a substitute for something that we’re missing in [...]
