Week11 Romantic Conversation with the Earth–Yichen Jiang
The semester is close to ending. Every time I study with this course, I am reminded of how the Anthropocene…
Week10 Future Fossils: The Artistic Legacy of Modern Times–Yichen Jiang
According to Vipin (2023), future palaeontologists will treat fossil discoveries of unusual animals like priceless old photo albums, affording insights…
Week9 The Battle of Design Wisdom–Yichen Jiang
From the branches of trees and rivers to the intricate network of capillaries in the human body, fractal geometry is…
Week8 From Trash to Treasure: Can Plastic Become the New Luxury?–Yichen Jiang
This week, we are focusing on a tiny substance called plastic. Plastic is a material that humans take pride in…
Week7 Living with the Invisible Life Force: Is rust alive? !–Yichen Jiang
On my walk home from class, I started noticing objects in my line of sight that I did not ordinarily…
Week6 Annotated Bibliography
Because my major in interior design has a materials course set for this semester.When selecting materials for my course design,…
Week5 Circular Economy vs. Cradle-to-Cradle: Partners in Sustainability?–Yichen Jiang
This week, we focused on the circular economy. The lecture focused on the relationship between design, society, and the environment,…
Week4 Balancing Ideals and Realities with Cradle-to-Cradle Thinking–Yichen Jiang
In the past few weeks, we have learned about existing environmental issues and the causes behind them. We have also…
Week3 Fire！Designers！–Yichen Jiang
After a week of studying, I would like to further discuss the relationship between humans, design, and the environment, starting…
Week2 Reconnecting Humans with Nature–Yichen Jiang
We started our formal study this week. In the lecture, the lecturer discussed the relationship between the environment and human…
