GOOD recently published an image that shows how quickly we will run out of a good chunk of essential raw materials (most will take only a matter of decades). Pretty scary stuff. All of this talk of running out of essential goods really has made me take on an heirloom culture stance, where we design things that will last for generation and generation, like watches are known to. I first learned about this approach while compiling newsfeeds at my internship for Compostmodern 09, a design sustainability conference held annually in San Francisco. Saul Griffith, a certified MacArthur genius, spoke at Compostmodern about this very subject.

Check out the raw materials chart on GOOD.

Labels: Compostmodern, Good, heirloom, raw materials, Saul Griffith