ECONetwork "Ideas Lounge" #4

Unfortunately I couldn't make it to "Ideas Lounge" #3 but great to be back in the thick of the ECONetwork community again at "Ideas Lounge" #4 which set a theme for the afternoon titled 'Materials, design & sustainability. Speakers were Dr Mike Pitts of Chemistry Innovation who gave a very interesting talk on the connection between chemistry, materials and design application. Furniture and sustainable designer Jakki Dehn who is also Lecturer at Kingston Uni gave a presentation on the sustainable materials library she founded and set up. Our task in groups was to respond to a specific brief with around 20 minutes to come up with a solution. Our group were the Cradle to Cradle group which would inform our approach and solution. We chose to focus on a solution for temporary shelters for Haiti as one of the options. Ok it created a 'little' competition on the day..... & we still reckon we came up with the most effective well thought and presented solution!! Actually, so did Ecodesign Wales!

Team 'Cradle to Cradle'



Frank (Ecodesign Centre Wales) & Luke (Orangebox) pitch our Cradle to cradle solution

Jakki Dehn & Ideas Lounge #4 participants

Dr Mike Pitts - Chemistry Innovation