Initial thought for major project...
15 years ago
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Design the Ethic
WIKIPEDIA SAYS:
Ideally, CSR policy would function as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business would monitor and ensure their adherence to law, ethical standards, and international norms. Business would embrace responsibility for the impact of their activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. Furthermore, business would proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality. Essentially, CSR is the deliberate inclusion of public interest into corporate decision-making, and the honoring of a triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit.
It is a fairly new idea and after WIKIPEDIA again, it was created as there is 'a demand for more ethical business'.
HUMAN RIGHTS/Take 1.
1. PRIMARK CASE shows how easy is to break human rights outside the Western World. Article is from 22nd of June 2008, which shows a view from only couple of months ago. It also shows how profitable that is. Being one of the biggest retailers of British streets it brings in all the problems and concerns in the CSR issues.
GUARDIAN SAYS:
· One in six children in the world today is involved in child labour, doing work that is damaging to his or her mental, physical and emotional development.
· Globally, between 210 and 240 million children are child labourers.
· 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.
· Every year 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.
· 73 million working children are under 10.
· Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of working children - nearly one-third of children aged 14 and under.
· 5.7 million children are forced into debt bondage or other forms of slavery.
· 70 per cent work in agriculture, fishing or forestry, 8 per cent in factories, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels.
HUMAN RIGHTS/Take 2.
You may argue that there is a conflict between the business itself and being ethical. Really? Body Shop was founded by human rights activist - Dame Anita Roddick in 1978. It's success is proven all over the world and also shows that there are ways of making ethic work for you. Body Shop website covers it in more detail, having the whole ethos of the company written in their selling culture.
HUMAN RIGHTS/Take 3.
I am not a fan of making ethic being a selling point. I belive that this should be a norm not an USP. From a consumer's point of view though, I can tell that I don't necessarily want to trace every single product which I buy to make sure that the producent/importer and so on are dealing with the human rights on a civilized level. This article about making human rights mandatory is very interesting. I strongly feel that Ethical Business should get as much support from governments and international business institutions as possible.
Ideally, CSR policy would function as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business would monitor and ensure their adherence to law, ethical standards, and international norms. Business would embrace responsibility for the impact of their activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere. Furthermore, business would proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality. Essentially, CSR is the deliberate inclusion of public interest into corporate decision-making, and the honoring of a triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit.
It is a fairly new idea and after WIKIPEDIA again, it was created as there is 'a demand for more ethical business'.
HUMAN RIGHTS/Take 1.
1. PRIMARK CASE shows how easy is to break human rights outside the Western World. Article is from 22nd of June 2008, which shows a view from only couple of months ago. It also shows how profitable that is. Being one of the biggest retailers of British streets it brings in all the problems and concerns in the CSR issues.
GUARDIAN SAYS:
· One in six children in the world today is involved in child labour, doing work that is damaging to his or her mental, physical and emotional development.
· Globally, between 210 and 240 million children are child labourers.
· 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.
· Every year 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.
· 73 million working children are under 10.
· Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of working children - nearly one-third of children aged 14 and under.
· 5.7 million children are forced into debt bondage or other forms of slavery.
· 70 per cent work in agriculture, fishing or forestry, 8 per cent in factories, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels.
HUMAN RIGHTS/Take 2.
You may argue that there is a conflict between the business itself and being ethical. Really? Body Shop was founded by human rights activist - Dame Anita Roddick in 1978. It's success is proven all over the world and also shows that there are ways of making ethic work for you. Body Shop website covers it in more detail, having the whole ethos of the company written in their selling culture.
HUMAN RIGHTS/Take 3.
I am not a fan of making ethic being a selling point. I belive that this should be a norm not an USP. From a consumer's point of view though, I can tell that I don't necessarily want to trace every single product which I buy to make sure that the producent/importer and so on are dealing with the human rights on a civilized level. This article about making human rights mandatory is very interesting. I strongly feel that Ethical Business should get as much support from governments and international business institutions as possible.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Move me
Well, I hope that one day I will be a Future of Shorts... but may need to wait a bit for that. Being absolutely serious I hope that animation is not going to be reduced to movies made only on computers. There is something missing for me in strictly digital images. What am I looking for in shorts? I am looking for fun and joy of watching. MUTO is something what a friend of mine has shown me in Cracow last July.
IS IT THE FUTURE? I don't know but it is SO MUCH FUN!
IS IT THE FUTURE? I don't know but it is SO MUCH FUN!
Friday, 6 February 2009
NoWayOut System
This is a peculiar navigation system which I found on the website of a band called Arcade Fire. It is a Canadian band of great songs. The website is very interesting. At first it looks very complicated. It is definitely not too practical either. But it is a system of finding way in the band's site to get to know the members of the group. It is alive in it's design and engages people in looking through different buttons. Once I really spent a good hour looking and waiting what will come next. This sort of system which is involving people and sharpening their observation skills is something what I find amazing. In a way though all practical systems of finding way are creating a pattern of rules which people are used to. I believe that the exercise of getting lost is beneficial for a designers work. Arcade Fire website allows you to do that quite easily and and finding your way is an interesting experience, enjoying a process.
What helps is: a stylized drawing, which hides secret buttons all the way through, unexpected events like a marshmallow falling from the sky or a turning board. All that brakes conventions of a web design thinking. It is not a point even if it is a very practical thing for the band. They are only showing a feel/flavor of what they really are which feels refreshing to me. Also from a designer's point of view it is nice to see how rules of navigation can be broken and still fill the purpose of the website. I believe that in some cases of moving around and finding your way the process of looking is actually more important, than the the finishing point. That may not necessarily apply to a journey in a funky building which you don't know, don't like and once you are in rush, but if that's not the case it is good to explore and enjoy.
Details:
Made couple of years ago by Vicent and Morriset
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
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