This fall, San Francisco State University School of Design will launch the first materials library on the West Coast dedicated solely to sustainable materials: the SFSU Sustainable Materials Learning Library. SFSU Students and faculty in design have spent the last two years collecting physical material samples from groundbreaking sustainable materials innovators in countries as far flung as Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Germany. The sustainable materials in the library now include “leathers” made from cactus, kombucha, mushrooms, and pythons, concrete from hemp, band-aids from bamboo, and even sustainable bio-glitter!
In this conversation, SFSU Professor Fernando Carvalho and students Cole Galvin and Maria Nguyen discuss persuasive design strategies for creators, product designers, and architects—like developing products from biomaterials or offering a resource such as the SFSU Materials Learning Library, as well as a current effort underway to compel education on sustainable building materials for all new building construction in collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco and the City of San Francisco. In this conversation we will discuss strategies of both persuasion and regulation in hopes of compelling the creative community to make the critical shift to more sustainable design products and practices.
NOTE: This event requires climbing 2 flights of stairs to attend. There is no elevator or lift available.
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“Climate Carrot or Sustainability Stick? SFSU Explores Strategies for Shifting to Sustainable Design Practices”
San Francisco State University School of Design
Professor Fernando Carvalho
Maria Nguyen [SFSU Student]
Cole Galvin [SFSU Student]