During the first national lockdown, we were set a mini brief on the MA. The task was to create a single piece of work based on a view from a window in your home. I chose to reimagine the view from my lounge window as a large-scale urban forest garden. The diagram below shows a […]
Sarah Macbeth
Research Through Design – Data visualisations to support a commons-based future.
This short paper was submitted to the Participatory Design Conference in 2020 and led to my attendance in a workshop called Commoning Design and Designing Commons. The workshop was designed to explore what participatory design researchers and practitioners can contribute to the commons, and how. It was an act of commoning in itself, a collaboration […]
Walking in search of the commons
My second MA project presents a model of sustainable design practice rooted in the commons and acts of commoning. Recent years have seen a proliferation of work on the commons as a field of ‘social study’1. The concept of reclaiming commons in order to own, use and protect our shared common resources collectively (referencing the […]
Reclaiming the commons
On my Masters in Sustainable Design, I’ve started exploring ideas around the Commons, access to and use of public space, and how design models might influence behaviour and perhaps even promote responsible attitudes to our environment. My poster, currently exhibited in the university, pieces together components that feel important: access to natural resources such as […]