Ten prominent designers create objects using only sustainably grown
and harvested materials
Design for a Living World was developed by The Nature Conservancy, one
of the world's leading conservation organizations, in order to raise
global awareness about the impact and promise of sustainable sourcing.
Ten prominent designers, including Kate Spade, Issac Mizrahi, Yves
Béhar, Hella Jongerius and Ted Muehling were invited to create objects
using only sustainably grown and harvested materials from some of the
world's most beautiful and ecologically precarious places. Each of these
landscapes supports its own distinct ecosystem and provides crucial
livelihoods to local communities; each one is threatened by the effects
of climate change and global economics--deforestation, overdevelopment
and other destructive forces. Design for a Living World illuminates
the complexity and vitality of raw materials at their source, including
the people and cultures that actually produce them. The above designers
were selected for their willingness to experiment and for their record
of active engagement with issues of sustainability and social justice.
In addition to presenting the designers' sketches, models and finished
objects, Design for a Living World features original photographs by
award-winning photojournalist Ami Vitale, who traveled around the world
to document the many landscapes explored in this volume.
