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 socially acceptable designwork, the focus is on benefiting society as a whole. This demand is well established but solutions are weak and inconsistent. Pressure comes indirectly
from governments, churches, campaign groups and charities. The social agenda is driven by a moral sense of fairness. However, when designers focus solely on these issues the resultant imbalance in the Issue Map suggests well-meaning naivety.