The Class of 2021 exhibition. Klokgebouw

The most sustainable thing we could do is not making products anymore .

In the project “Nothing will save the world” I dared to ask my self the question which products I wanted to add to the world as a designer. The answer to this was “none”. There are no products that I would want to add to a world that is being destroyed by consumerism. Although this sounds weird for someone who’s graduated as a product designer, I have a good reason for this. Because of overproduction I don’t believe that I as a designer could make another product that would contribute to humanity or the planet. Instead it would have a way bigger impact if I would’t make any products as a statement against consumerism, the consumer based society and all the harmfull systems that go with it. With the statement I make in this project I try to start the discussion about what we can contribute as consumers and designers to a better world and thereby create awareness about the damage caused by the consumer based society. I will do this by presenting “nothing” to the audience of the DDW 2021.