Design Research for Sustainability

In this episode, I talked with Joana Casaca Lemos, a design researcher passionate about sustainability innovation. Joana runs an independent practice where she supports organisations in ensuring that sustainability is at the forefront of business. She is currently launching Unusual Research - the first global collective of creatives with sustainability expertise. Joana shared with me her view on design for sustainability and related terms like planet-centered design and circular design. The organizations Joana works with are increasingly interested in getting help in making their products and services more sustainable and how this also involves an internal cultural transformation. She emphasized the complexity of the term sustainability and invites us to always make sure to ask for sustainability for what purpose and for whom. Last, she talked about the "qualities" of social businesses and the role they can play in design.

Follow Joana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanacasacalemos/?originalSubdomain=pt

And on her website: http://www.joanacasacalemos.com/

Credits:

Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard

Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva

Music: Guilhem Tamisier

Art work: Guilhem Tamisier