I’ve recently been working at the University of Brighton and delivering day or half day workshops to help students with their Master’s final projects. It’s a challenge to design a workshop that speaks to students from across disciplines, some even declare they can’t draw! Here are a few of the sessions presentations where students produced […]
Sarah Macbeth
Boundaries talk and workshop for Sustainable Design MA at University of Brighton
In March 2022, I delivered a talk called Boundaries where I discussed various uses of the word and how it relates to design and the commons. I introduced the practice of Design for Commoning – a transformative process attempting to change the economic system that the citizens involved are a part of. It’s a way […]
Making Natural Inks
Knowing the world through matter I have been fortunate to be given some funding via the Necessity Network to explore new ideas and interests beyond my MA Sustainable Design. Following on from my arts practice (including the making of Oak Gall Ink) in Commons Sense, I wanted to research the uses of localised materials (e.g. […]
Design as Future Making
Historically design has pushed humans further from nature and seen nature as utilitarian. As Tham states, design has been the instrument that distinguishes humans from nature.1 Today, designers are working on design with nature practices that help ‘people develop a sense of treasuring nature’.2 More importantly designers should be working collaboratively with other disciplines and […]