Hasta La Ideas

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pemRecap written by Hiromi Matsubara; photos by Hiroaki Yamane. Both are from a href=”http://greenz.jp”greenz.jp/a./em/p

pOn Friday March 12th, 2010, the first Designers Accord Town Hall meeting in Asia was held in Tokyo, Japan. Hosted by a href=”http://www.sustainabledesign.jp/e/”The 4th International Conference of Design for Sustainability /aand a href=”http://greenz.jp”greenz.jp/a, there were five speakers and 80 guests representing educators, business leaders, and students that came together to participate in the sustainability dialogue. /p

pThe Design Hub was an ideal venue for the Town Hall where its purpose is to connect and foster Japanese design amongst the local design community. Yoshihiro (Yosh) Kanematsu, creative director at a href=”http://greenz.jp”greenz.jp/a, kicked off the event with a hearty a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMPCLCaA1Rw”welcome video/a from Designer Accord’s Valerie Casey./p

pHe then introduced the evening’s theme “Design x Sustainability x Open Source,” and explained how the four Japanese speakers are pioneers in adapting to the open source movement and implementing their creativity in actual projects. /p

pCollaboration and Open Source is the fundamental mindset behind Designers Accord. According to Yosh, when we talk about sustainability, the same mindset should be applied. We are entering an era of “unsustainability” and a point of no return, when sooner or later we would all have to think about how we are going to sustain our own lives and the planet we live in. Designers need to stop competing in sustainability but instead share and collaborate to empower creativity, drive innovation, and as a result accelerate the adoption of sustainable design. All of which is relevant to improve the quality of our lives and the planet./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/designers_accord_tokyo_town_hall_reflections_and_photographs_16309.asp”(more…)/a
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