I will use this blog space to document my travels to Scandinavia and the Netherlands to meet designers and companies using sustainable materials and processes. Traveling to the Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway, I am interested in learning why this region of the world is a leader in sustainable design. What aspects of these societies enable this to happen? How do the economies, cultures, values, and environmental laws and practices relate to this leadership? Visiting design studios, manufacturers, and cultural spaces, I hope to gain insights into how I can integrate this type of design into practice in the United States.
Please stay tuned!