Compostmodern 2011: Overheard Yesterday Afternoon.
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“It’s not about the world of design. It’s about the design of the world.”
Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design
“We need to transcend the stuff and move on to systems.”
Alissa Walker, Compostmodern Moderator
“Technology is getting more efficient, but our behavior is getting less sustainable.”
Nitzan Waisberg, Stanford’s d.school
“To be a sustainable society, we have to think beyond the borders of the United States.”
Heather Fleming, Catapult Design
“If you dive down into those primal sources and you reconnect with who you really are, that’s thrilling and deep.”
Dan Phillips, The Phoenix Commotion
“To know a society’s stories is to know where it intends to go.”
Jonah Sachs, Free Range Studios
“The most shocking idea I heard today is that Yves Behar speaks French.”
Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design
“We need to not design sustainable products so much as sustainable interactions.”
Nitzan Waisberg, Stanford’s d.school
“Everyone in this room has a skill, has a network to fight some of these big scary problems in a tangible way.”
Heather Fleming, Catapult Design
“The future will be beautiful.”
Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design
“I’d like to welcome you onto the ride.”
Lisa Gansky, author of The Mesh
Jessica Watson is completing her second semester of the innovative MBA in Design Strategy program at California College of the Arts’ where she is focusing on sustainability and social entrepreneurship. This is her first Compostmodern conference, but she is sure it will not be her last.
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