Durability and endurance imply a passing of time, a duration, but do they imply an end? In a world where the global marketplace thrives on speed and expansion, my research challenges these dominant metaphors by exploring the extent to which design research and activity, specifically of slow design, may energize and contribute to uncovering insight around the relationship between time and sustainability. I am concerned with the abilities of designed objects, spaces and events to show long-term relevance, which endure not only physically but mentally, emotionally, spiritually and ecologically.
Through the act of researching and writing, the questions under investigation are:
1. How can our perception of time influence and inform the creative process of design working towards social, environmental, and economic sustainability?
2. Under the assumption that a heightened awareness of time leads to sustainability, how can design work to create new paradigms for perceiving time?
What we find is that there are multiple ways in which to perceive time. Understanding these can help us to reduce, incrementally, social and environmental pressures by being more mindful of the hidden or unintended impacts of modern production and consumption.
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