A new chair concept exemplifies one interesting strategy for green design: Letting locals do the manufacturing.The mission of product design, when you boil everything else away, is to entice people into buying things that they almost certainly don't need. As sustainability becomes a household word, that leaves designers in a tight spot: How can design ever be sustainable, if the discipline is fundamentally about making more stuff?
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