Abstract
As COP26 just ended with moderate commitments from governments to keep global warming under 1.5°C, how can designers contribute to fight climate change? Systemic design has proposed to change design perspective from the user to the system in which the user and the designer operate to envision better our social and environmental impact. Regenerative design adds that we should aim for positive instead of net-zero impact and change our mindset and practices to create the conditions for all forms of life to thrive. If regenerative guidelines exist in urban design, it is unclear how UX-UI designers should change their practices and profession for regeneration. Based a participative research approach in a web design project, the authors created a regenerative design compass to guide UX-UI practitioners to make their projects regenerative. We also present the concrete actions we took to make our website regenerative.
Keywords
systemic design, regeneration, web design, meta design
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.764
Citation
Nowaki, C., and Foissac, M. (2022) Regeneration in action: Toward a new path for sustainable research projects, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.764
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Regeneration in action: Toward a new path for sustainable research projects
As COP26 just ended with moderate commitments from governments to keep global warming under 1.5°C, how can designers contribute to fight climate change? Systemic design has proposed to change design perspective from the user to the system in which the user and the designer operate to envision better our social and environmental impact. Regenerative design adds that we should aim for positive instead of net-zero impact and change our mindset and practices to create the conditions for all forms of life to thrive. If regenerative guidelines exist in urban design, it is unclear how UX-UI designers should change their practices and profession for regeneration. Based a participative research approach in a web design project, the authors created a regenerative design compass to guide UX-UI practitioners to make their projects regenerative. We also present the concrete actions we took to make our website regenerative.