Author Archives: taylorcoker

At the beginning of this semester when this sustainability course began, I truly had no idea what I was getting myself into. Much less, I didn’t know what exactly sustainability was or how big of an impact it supposedly had … Continue reading →

This week in class we had design slam 2 and a LOLA show. The design slam on Tuesday was pretty interesting because everyone had a different situation that they had to design for. Our groups situation that we had to … Continue reading →

This week seemed to be relatively similar to the ideas that we have talked about over the past couple of weeks in this class. There are many things that we have to consider when we are designing for others. This … Continue reading →

During the LOLA show, one presentation really stuck out to me. It was Jordan’s presentation about the products for women who have had breast cancer or is going through radiation or any sort of treatment. I know from personal experience … Continue reading →

This week, me talked about empathy and basically putting ourselves in other people’s shoes when we are designing for them. The TED talk that we watched was based on a video of a patient in the hospital and how all … Continue reading →

This week, we wrapped up the topic of biomimicry. This topic has been extremely interesting to learn about because I truly had no idea what it was all about when we started. So, this lecture by Patricia Moore wrapped up … Continue reading →

The main topic for this week revolves around bio-inspired design. This was very interesting to me because a lot of this topic influenced design in interiors. A lot of today’s ideas are geared towards fashion and apparel. Even within the … Continue reading →

This week in sustainability, we took what we were learning in the classroom to the real world. We went outside and compared how buildings around campus can be related to trees and how these systems work in similar ways. This … Continue reading →

After taking the carbon footprint test, I was surprised at my result. I ended up getting a lower score than the U.S. average per person. I am surprised by this because I feel that I do not do anything specific … Continue reading →

Biomimicry is a topic that is very new to me. I had actually never heard of it before it was introduced in this class. I believe it is a very interesting topic that I have been able to relate to … Continue reading →