Lead in ammunition can harm the environment and pose a risk to people
Read this and other articles, first published in Issue 2 of Design Council magazine, Summer 2007, or download a PDF of the entire issue.
Left-field ideas for redesigning home entertainment, local councils and the NHS.
A recent study found that over two-thirds of companies suffered six losses of sensitive data a year. Only 20% of these were due to malicious activity such as hacking – a whopping 75% were blamed on employee mistakes. The report made no mention of design responsibility, but why should such mistakes be blamed on human error?
Can eco-friendly supermarkets make money? Kath Strathers looks at how becoming a 'green' grocer is a voyage of discovery for supermarkets and shoppers alike.
The destination – economic superstatus – is in sight. But, warns Rhymer Rigby, India must overcome poverty, guzzle less oil and stimulate innovation to complete its journey.
The bottom line on India, the world's second fastest growing major economy.
China is the world’s fastest growing economy. The US is the home of Silicon Valley, high-tech and Hollywood. What is the UK’s unique sales pitch to the world?
If the road ahead looks like the road to nowhere, learn from Nintendo. The Wii, its family-friendly, power-saving, paradigm-shifting games console, points to a more sustainable consumer electronics industry.
Every company wants to be innovative, few are. Why? Paul Simpson suggests we need to learn from poetry, furniture design, rock and roll and social psychology.
Is the most wasteful business on Earth finally seeing the big picture? A writer, designer and producer from the entertainment capital of the world try to design a greener movie industry and rebut a few clichés about Tinseltown excess.
The launch of ‘green’ grenades that emit less smoke suggests business needs to inject the design into ‘sustainable design’
How many business tools does it take to change the world? Just one. And it’s not a software package or a trendy management theory. The simple act of making a prototype could transform your company’s bottom line.
Fourteen small ways to save the planet.
Tolerant, culturally rich and diverse, iconic and, above all, cheap, Berlin has, since reunification in 1990, re-established itself as an edgy creative city.
Five firms that have designed their way to the top.