Sustainable Futures: Can Design Make a Difference?

Sustainable Futures: Can Design Make a Difference? showcases a range of design and architecture projects that explore the most important issues associated with sustainability. Celebrated through a selection of pioneering and forward thinking design approaches, this exhibition places sustainable design centre stage, focusing on how design can lead the way and make a positive contribution towards a more sustainable future.

Curated under five themes: Cities, Energy and Economies, Food, Materiality and the Creative Citizen, this exhibition will explore projects that are either in the market place or in development, including the Masdar Development hailed to be the world's first carbon neutral city in Abu Dhabi designed by Foster + Partners. Fashion designer Christopher Raeburn and his Digital Rainbow Collection which reuses Ministry of Defense parachute materials will be displayed alongside projects that have not yet been seen by a wider audience, including the Energy AWARE Clock designed by the Interactive Institute in Stockholm that monitors the energy consumption in a domestic household, Local River by Mathieu Lehanneur, a concept for a domestic 'refrigerator-aquarium' that breeds freshwater fish and grows herbs at the same time, and Yves Behar's FUSE project for sportslifestyle brand PUMA which is set to revolutionise their packaging and distribution system."

Visitors will be encouraged to look at their own consumption habits and recognise the individual role they can play in embracing sustainability. The website CanDesignMakeaDifference will also enable visitors to engage with sustainable issues and share their opinions on sustainability.

Architecture models, products and prototypes will feature alongside material samples, film footage, visuals and interactive displays. The exhibition design, build and graphics will support the use of sustainable and ethically sourced materials where the full lifecycle and minimal impact of materials has been considered.

"PUMAVision, through our PUMA.Safe program, is honoured to partner with the Design Museum to introduce groundbreaking work in sustainable design," commented Jochen Zeitz, Chairman and CEO, PUMA AG. "As a business leader in environmental and social initiatives, PUMA's commitment to sustainability is reflected in the exhibition, 'Can design make a difference', which will drive and encourage individuals and corporations to achieve a higher standard of sustainable practice."

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