On Unbeige the ever-vescent Alissa Walker turns serious when it comes to the latest attempt at design activism, Compostmodern:
We'd be lying to you, dear readers, if we didn't admit that before this weekend's Compostmodern conference, we were in a very bad place.
Maybe it's just the typical occupational hazard that comes with
being a blogger. But when you're bombarded, every day, with designers
touting the eco-sensibility of their newest utterly useless product you
should buy for only $499.99, architects who want to be praised for
using some non-toxic paint on their latest 500,000 square foot
monstrosity, and creative people using up valuable resources to launch
misdirected movements about using up valuable resources, it's enough to
make us want to reach our hands through internet until we can wrangle
the mouse from their smug little hands and whack them over the head
with it until they get it. But if you think this conference was just more of your run-of-the-mill activist sweet talk, read her extensive (and illuminating) coverage of what Alissa says was her moment of epiphany.
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