Both Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and environmental site Treehugger writes about the exhibition Sustainable Futures at the Design Museum in London. The exhibition is opened until the 5th September and is set out to answer the question; Can design make a difference?

Sustainability and design is explored around five themes: Cities, Energy and Economics, Food, Materiality and Creative Citizens. Under each theme the exhibition shows different ongoing projects that in somehow are aiming to get the visitor to think about the impact one makes on the world, and how to change it.

One of the projects shown is Plastiki, the catamaran made out of 12 500 recycled plastic bottles that just arrived in Sidney after 126 days at sea. Plastiki is a  project aiming to raise awareness about re-thinking waste as a resource, and with smart design decrease our impact on the environment.

Previous Posts:
Creating Art out of Plastic Debris
Recycling Plastic - a challenge
Date Set for Hawaii
At the Design Studio
Collecting Debris in Skagerrak, the North Sea
Fragile Coast
Making the Vacs
Collecting plastic in South of France
What is the Pacific Garbage Patch?
Plastic recycling
Welcome to Vac from the Sea