Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design
A design research lab at Parsons School of Design that works to move design practice away from materials containing hazardous chemicals, promoting healthier, more transparent alternatives.
A powerful contemporary movement showcases this renewed, critical obsession with materials, where the material itself becomes the central focus of existence. Organizations like the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design focus on education and research to shift design practice away from materials containing hazardous chemicals, advocating for healthier, more transparent alternatives.
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- Fairphone · both placed under Materials
- Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century (book by Philip Ball) · both placed under Materials
- Materiom · both placed under Materials
- Tocco.earth · both placed under Materials
- Abstracting Craft (book by Malcolm McCullough) · discussed together in section 152
- Caress of the Gaze (Behnaz Farahi / Critical Matter group, MIT) · discussed together in section 152
- Kamikatsu Zero Waste · discussed together in section 152
- Passive House (Passivhaus) · discussed together in section 152
- Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) · discussed together in section 152
- Thinking in Systems (book by Donella Meadows) · discussed together in section 152
Methods
- Passive House (Passivhaus) · discussed together in section 152
In the framework
- Materials · variable
- Technological Component
In the book
- Chapter 15, section 152 · Variables
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