A420

Sustainability
for Designers

Contexts
Agendas
Financial +
Social +

Environmental +
Personal =
Sustainable
Issues

Design Issues
Databank

Sustainability
Issue Mapping

The A420 Guide
for Designers

When designers create financially viable designwork, the focus is on increasing profits and reducing costs. This demand is very well established and the supply of solutions is abundant and consistent. Pressure comes directly from commercial clients and their shareholders in the business world. The financial agenda is driven by an increasingly competitive global market system. However, when designers focus solely on these issues the resultant imbalance in the Issue Map suggests uninspiring short-term money-making.