Ecology

He didn’t make gardens—he made ecological arguments in gravel, water and leaf.

Thackara didn’t design things—he designed the conditions where design could matter for sustainability.

Laurie Baker didn’t design buildings — he designed responses to termites, monsoons and cow dung.

He designs for decay—and that’s why his gardens last.

2009

She makes buildings breathe by hanging data-driven nets in the wind—and proves volumetric sculpture doesn’t need weight to hold meaning.

Design research as hypothesis-testing—not product development.

Papanek didn’t preach ethics — he priced radios in candles and TVs in dollars.