Deadline: 21 December 2007
For the fourth year running, the VOLVO Car Corporation Gothenburg is staging the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD in cooperation with ispo, the international sports goods trade fair set to take place in Munich from January 27-30, 2008.
The theme of ispo winter 08 is EcoDesign: Form Follows Sustainability.
In this time of climate change and efforts to protect our global resources, sustainability in design is a more vital topic than ever.
Environmental issues and the availability of resources are changing the way we design, the materials we choose and the manufacturing strategies we adopt.
With every passing day, these concerns become more relevant to companies and customers alike.
"There's no business to be done on a dead planet!"
This forward-thinking statement voiced by Patagonia Vice President Rick Ridgeway at the VOLVO SportsDesign FORUM 2007 illustrates just how important it is to push forward on issues such as sustainable development and the production of goods and services in a manner that is both environmentally and socially aware.
Bringing together ecology, economy and social factors is one of the great challenges of our day: Tomorrow's products must be designed and produced in a way that is health-conscious, longlasting, reparable, re-usable, easy to dismantle, recyclable and discardable without causing harm.
That's why "EcoDesign: Form Follows Sustainability" is the theme for the VOLVO SportsDesign Award 2008.
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