So You Want To Be A Designer?

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So You Want To Be A Designer?

We talk to one of the world's leading architects who shows us round the UK's first zero carbon housing project and visit the Smile plastics factory where anything from old mobile phones is turned into building materials.

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Season 1
This programme takes a high volume, low unit cost product and follows the design process from concept to manufacture. It shows how good design means using less material, simpler components, ensuring easier assembly.
With extraordinary access to their car manufacturing plant in Sweden, Volvos environmental experts show how life cycle assessment has enabled them to reduce the carbon footprint of their products.
How do designers create products for user needs and are inclusive? Two examples show how designers determine their market, consider users' values and needs. And the challenges of demographic change and inclusive design.
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