SocietyGuardian Editor Patrick Butler dismisses old fashioned values of what good design should be about and argues design must do social and environmental good to be good at all.

A seminar at the Design Council last week discussed precisely this. The council had come up with a new definition of good design: the most controversial bit was that it ought to be “sustainable” – in other words, that it not only looks good, or shifts lots of units, but that it has to “do good to the world around it”. If designers, as the council believes passionately, have a wider role in tackling climate change, developing thriving communities and creating more efficient public services, then this seems eminently sensible.

For the full article, please refer to http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/30/policy.design

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