FERGUS WALKER
DESIGNER, CRAFTSMAN, MUSICIAN.
COMMUNITY CENTRED DESIGN
"I believe there is a need for a new generation of designers, who strive to create designs which forge a connection with community and place. The consideration of social and ecological profit, rather than economic profit, should be central to the design process.
There is a need to re-involve the people, and to re-empower them. Users of 'products' should have more say in the design process; and communities need to regain control of production, starting with food.
I think there is a need for ‘intermediate technology’ for the First World, the so-called developed world. It’s time we shouldered our responsibility to end our addiction to oil, and not just optimistically hope that high tech solutions will solve all our problems.
I believe there is a real momentum for change – but if we ourselves don’t do it, then nobody will. The younger generation are the ones with the ability to come up with fresh thinking, and I think it’s important that we are not afraid to start forging the bright new ideas that are needed to save this planet. "
Flour to the people!