"Good Design is responsible design" Designers are connected with humanity, this is what a responsible designer does. nowadays we can see many designers who design for the sake of living, not of being responsible about humanity. but ethics of design means that we have a moral duty and obligations to our fellow humans and to other living creatures that supports and sustains our lives. when we talk about designers, we mean fashion, graphic, interior.. etc. we all should be a responsible designers.
for example, Graphic designers who can change the world by sending the messages to the world by text and image, which can affect and influence people all around the world. bring awareness campaigns about the environment and how to have a Green planet. about this i have mentioned a great local example about Design Magazine and their last issue about Green Tomorrow. i have interviewd Kholoud Attar, who is the Director of the magazine, and she was so excited about giving the informations. i asked her what did motivate you and made you think about this issue? she said that, she went to a supermarket with her friends and they bought somethings and got out with like 40 plastic bags ! and one of her friends discussed how when she were in Japan in the summer and they had to buy the plastic bags if they wanted to use it, and that they only give the paper bags. from that she got the idea of why not making a new issue about recycling. She actually imported the White recycled papers because they are not available in Saudi Arabia, they were so expensive that she can not use it in another issues! that made me feel bad of how we can not help the environment because of the lack of responsibility. although there might be a good step that the environment ministry in KSA have called kholoud and supposedly will bring something good here in Saudi Arabia!
In my opinion, i really think it is so important to know as a designer what to design and what to keep away from, because of morals and ethics, i would feel really sorry about designers who does not care about people around them or even the environment. through the examples we have mentioned in the presentation, we can see how many companies are taking an advantage using designers to increase their income on consumer's health and environment!
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