Negotiating good designs – an ethics and sustainability working manifesto

Negotiating good designs – an ethics and sustainability working manifesto

Assessment requirements
One essay of 2500 words. The essay must observe all the accepted conventions of rigorous essay writing: introduction, bibliography, no plagiarism, all quotes referenced, all sources attributed, etc. Two copies of the essay are to be handed in between 9am and 10am, on 7 January, 2013 in the Design office, Lockwood 108.
Negotiating good designs – an ethics and sustainability working manifesto
In the Ethics & Sustainability lecture series you will be introduced to a range of perspectives on the connections between ethics, sustainability and design, and possible approaches that designers may take in order to contribute to more resilient products, services and systems. The assignments between the lectures, and your independent reading, should help you to reflect upon, further explore, and situate these ideas within your own practice, and everyday life.
In the essay, you are asked to synthesise you understandings of ethics and sustainability in a working manifesto1 for designers.
Pick a specific location where one of the following activities is manifested.
• Playing (an example of a location may be a gym, a playground or a cinema)
• Travelling (an example of a location may be the underground or an airport)
• Eating (an example of a location may be a supermarket or a cafe´)
You are a designer trying to “reconcile the incommensurables” of the location. (Dilnot, 2005) You are writing to other designers.
Map the location, drawing out dilemmas as regards ethics and sustainability.
The dilemmas may be directly attributed to the location, and contained within, or indirectly attributed to the location, with an ?epicentre’ far away from your location. Similarly, the dilemmas may be well known, and even legislated around, or they may be buried more deeply in the physical space, the people and the activities. The lecture series will draw out some themes that may be manifested in your location, but you may of course also find other themes.
Make a proposal for how design might reconcile some of the dilemmas that you identified in the location – remember that an intervention can be very small. You need to discuss the approach you propose, drawing out anticipated benefits and potential less positive effects, and new dilemmas – as regards ethics and sustainability – that your approach may imply.
The map/proposal may take a broad approach – showing the interplay of several issues or dilemmas, or focus on a particular issue. Whichever route you choose, you need to ensure that your essay includes a good balance of theory, practical examples, and your independent observations, reflections and ideas. This essay asks you to take a proactive design approach instead of purely reflecting on ideas around ethics and sustainability. Your essay should reflect your individual interests, perspectives and priorities as a designer and evidence a reflexive and critical engagement with your source material, and your own ideas.
Remember that your audience is designers – visual materials, such as photographs, sketches and maps, should have an intrinsic part in the communication of your ideas. You may find it helpful to refer to the assessment criteria during the work on your essay.
1 Manifesto: A public declaration of intentions. The New Penguin English Dictionary, 2001.
Criteria for the Assessment of Contextual Coursework
The assessable bases for the context work like those for studio work are equally difficult to separate fully, and are only done so in terms of marking. Each base is dependent on and overlaps the others. It is also not easy to fully inscribe the different activities within the generic base description. Some assessable elements may not address all bases but this will be made clear in each assignment brief.
1. Review of the field of enquiry
This applies particularly to the dissertation where students will have an area of interest or concern which they will investigate to find question/topic. This may involve a number of the following:
• literature searches
• site visits
• analyses of objects/images/text
• observations of situations and circumstances
• questionnaires etc.
2. Topic Identification
This is the formulation of a clear research question and /or argument. The way this is framed has a direct bearing on the work and is a clear point of reference in the assessment of the work. The may be seen as a laying down of an intention for the work.
3. Identification of Issues, Concerns and Key Themes
The identification of the key points of focus of a project and to:
• clarify the topic
• plot and demarcate areas for research
• communicate lucidly and concisely the argument
4. Research
Runs through all aspects of context work from reviewing the field to final presentation. Research will be assessed in consideration of methodology and methods in terms of appropriateness, comprehensiveness and findings.
5. Organisation and Structure
Deals with the way an argument is built. Assessment will look for clear, lucid and creative development built through the structure and organisation of thesis. The formatting and acknowledgement on sources and influence is also here, included. Bibliography, footnotes and references must be clearly outlined and are assessed.
6. Content and the Communication of Ideas
This deals with the ideas and the arguments themselves and the manner in which they are conveyed and expressed within the organisation and structure of the thesis. Use of appropriate language including the way in which quotes are used in the thesis is assessed along with legibility and expression
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