Abstract
As an industrial design student, I learned that design should focus on helping people. However, when I see what designers are creating I notice that almost everything is made of plastic. Materials like this meet people's immediate needs but put the survival of our species and others at risk becoming our way of creating and using unsustainable. This situation led me to think about the real impact of design and mass production in our ecosystem. This research proposes Humanity Centered Design as the new perspective capable of facing the challenges of our context since it considers communities and ecosystems as secondary consumers. It goes beyond the user and cares about the responsible use of materials. The objective is not only to satisfy a need but also to avoid a negative impact. To do this, it uses sustainable materials and upcycle wasted elements. Through this approach, designers can create meaningful solutions for complex humanity problems based on awareness and empathy with our environment. The change is not immediate. However, the findings show successful examples using innovative materials. They are relevant in the design field to prove designers their power and responsibility with humanity. There is still a way to reverse the consequences of irresponsible production. As a result of this project, I experimented with discarded coffee beans in my home.
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