http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/04/07/more-on-activism/ Communicating sustainable solutions for the built environment Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:25:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/04/07/more-on-activism/comment-page-1/#comment-280 martin Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:08:59 +0000 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/?p=549#comment-280 Its called serendipity Mel (now that will pop up everywhere!)... Are designers agents of change - should they be? Great question but they are after all translating the requirements of the client and end users into reality - hence the change or activism should be coming from that quarter. Where I have notice this is in the transition movement - and in the handbook review just posted up to my blog, and in loads of small but successful social enterprises such as the Kasmiri Youth Projects Unicorn Mill in Rochdale - both real change and activism, from the community, creating maybe a swell to tipping point against the mainstream paradigms. Designers articulate and influence such change. Its called serendipity Mel (now that will pop up everywhere!)… Are designers agents of change – should they be? Great question but they are after all translating the requirements of the client and end users into reality – hence the change or activism should be coming from that quarter. Where I have notice this is in the transition movement – and in the handbook review just posted up to my blog, and in loads of small but successful social enterprises such as the Kasmiri Youth Projects Unicorn Mill in Rochdale – both real change and activism, from the community, creating maybe a swell to tipping point against the mainstream paradigms. Designers articulate and influence such change.

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