The Toy Soldier
Sobering predictions for the future (2050) from Lapham’s Quarterly. Underlines the need for change in our thinking - we desperately need to move from a throwaway design society to one that appreciates the need for closing the loop on design, ensuring that whatever we create can be broken down and reused without poisoning those doing the recycling. We as consumers should demand more from manufacturers, but I suspect we’re too attached to $8 fans from Bunnings…

Sobering predictions for the future (2050) from Lapham’s Quarterly. Underlines the need for change in our thinking - we desperately need to move from a throwaway design society to one that appreciates the need for closing the loop on design, ensuring that whatever we create can be broken down and reused without poisoning those doing the recycling. We as consumers should demand more from manufacturers, but I suspect we’re too attached to $8 fans from Bunnings…