If we don't change the fearful way in which we perceive climate change, "we will constantly reinforce this role of the future being fucked," said Disrupt Design founder Leyla Acaroglu at the Design and Climate: Rethinking Our Role conference.
Designer Acaroglu began her keynote by urging the audience of designers to adopt an "ecosystem mindset" when conceiving their projects, suggesting that teamwork is critical to working more sustainably.
"If you don't have that collaborative mindset, you're not really able to get the kinds of systems and changes that we need," said the Disrupt Design creative agency founder.
"An amazing foundation to being able to start something is knowing the hidden impacts of things," she added, referring to the importance of life-cycle assessments (LCA) for products. Leyla Acaroglu urged designers to harness their power
The event in London was the first hosted by Design Declares ? an organisation helmed by a group of studios, agencies, designers and institutions committed to harnessing tools from the design industry to tackle the climate emergency, founded in 2022.
Acaroglu continued by emphasising that "when it comes to addressing climate change, most of the actions that we need to take are hidden in the supply chain".
"We talk about climate being difficult because it's embedded in absolutely every single thing we do," said the designer.
Acaroglu highlighted eco-anxiety, something she said ...