Adoption of the frugality factor would entail a change in design philosophy whereby designers would constantly make avail of a rigorous design process coupled with material-saving schemes for realizing products that are benign to the environment.
The designer said that a change in design is now arriving, based in attitudes about objects, not the objects themselves: that design will become less a question of style and what to live with, and more an issue of how to live.
"It's very hard to let them know about a change in design".
I started to collect American coins – seeking out each change in design – then moved on to British ones as well.
Utility, not vanity, should drive change in design; that's one of the things that distinguishes it from art.
Analysts said that the G1 did not represent the kind of revolutionary change in design and function that Apple introduced last year with the iPhone.
But it would take the next eight months for engineers to come up with a permanent change in design to prevent a recurrence.
Put simply, the automobile has not undergone a fundamental change in design or use since Henry Ford rolled out the Model T more than a century ago.
"Objects are not currently designed to be recycled," says Watts. "A change in design practices won't occur without stricter legislation or until materials become so expensive that there is real interest from companies to design with recycling in mind".
Repairing that pipe is simple, the equivalent of fixing a broken radiator hose in a car, and would not require a major change in design, an official involved in the investigation said.
A new look would require a change in design dictated from the top.
