Dott Projects
| Low Carb Lane | |
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| Many of us would like to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from our energy use at home. Other people have different priorities. What we have in common is the desire to reduce our energy bills. How might energy efficiency be accessible, desirable and affordable for all – rich or poor, home owners and renters alike? Dott’s Low Carb Lane team, led by Ben Reason and Alex Webb Allen, spent more than a year with the community at Castle Terrace in Northumberland. We learned about the social and economic situation of citizens affected by fuel poverty. |
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| New Work | |
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| The New Work project was about practical design steps to improve the day-to-day experience of people who are self-employed or have a micro-business. Many people who work from home complain that they often feel isolated, and would like to exchange skills and services with each other on a local basis. Many designers are already involved in the creation of hardware for work: desks, lights, chairs and so on. But with numbers of self-employed people set to rocket nationwide, our next challenge is to redesign the how, where and when of work. With this in mind, New Work asked the question ‘How do you design your life?’ |
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