People

* Michelle Cherian

* Michelle Cherian

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Misc. People & Quotes

*http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002172843_greendesign07.html\\
** "If companies know they're going to see these things again, will they design them differently? You bet they will," said Bruce Sterling, a lecturer at Pasadena's influential Art Center College of Design, which next year will include "sustainable design" classes in its curriculum.
**Manolo Cassasola appreciates the effort. Cassasola dismantles electronic devices at Silicon Salvage, a recycling company in Anaheim, Calif.
**"This movement puts the spotlight on designers," said Bob Adams, a designer at IDEO, a technology-design company in Palo Alto. "They make decisions that result in how hundreds of millions of items are manufactured each year. They decide the shape of the object, how it's produced, where it's produced. Designers are, in a way, gatekeepers."
**"We want to create designers who are responsible," said Karen Hofmann, coordinator of the materials lab and a design instructor at Art Center College of Design. The school is retooling its labs to research and teach the environmental properties of materials. "We definitely see a demand down the pipeline from employers for students who understand sustainable design principles."
**A prominent proponent of this approach is William McDonough, co-author of the book "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things."

"If companies know they're going to see these things again, will they design them differently? You bet they will," said Bruce Sterling, a lecturer at Pasadena's influential Art Center College of Design, which next year will include "sustainable design" classes in its curriculum.

Manolo Cassasola appreciates the effort. Cassasola dismantles electronic devices at Silicon Salvage, a recycling company in Anaheim, Calif.

"This movement puts the spotlight on designers," said Bob Adams, a designer at IDEO, a technology-design company in Palo Alto. "They make decisions that result in how hundreds of millions of items are manufactured each year. They decide the shape of the object, how it's produced, where it's produced. Designers are, in a way, gatekeepers."

"We want to create designers who are responsible," said Karen Hofmann, coordinator of the materials lab and a design instructor at Art Center College of Design. The school is retooling its labs to research and teach the environmental properties of materials. "We definitely see a demand down the pipeline from employers for students who understand sustainable design principles."

A prominent proponent of this approach is William McDonough, co-author of the book "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things."

* Michelle Cherian