18th of September: Material Matters – Rob Holdway of Giraffe Innovation gave a talk at a boat trip along the Grand Union Canal to visit the Powerday waste recycling plant in West London.
Rob took the opportunity to introduce his work, knowledge of the environmental crisis and the important role that designers have to influence change in our wasteful society. The need to design out waste was paramount to Rob’s discussion. As designers we are very good at producing waste, but we are all very bad at using it, he explained. Read more on Rob’s talk on the boat trip on: and Hosted by the Design Council, greengaged was one of the highlights of this years London Design Festival, examining ecological imperatives, political and social drivers, and sustainable design strategies across disciplines from product design to graphics, service design to fashion.

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