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Design Thinking: Why Design is More Than a Tool
There is a preconception that artists and designers exist to decorate and make things pretty. Now, famed designer, Dieter Rams stated "Good design is aesthetic", yet only well-executed products can truly be beautiful. We must think about both form AND function.
Buttercrumble Delivers Creative Workshops for Wakefield Council
We believe in the power of co-design and bringing people together through creativity. WordFest is a month-long festival celebrating words, running throughout May 2023, as part of Wakefield Council's annual festival programme.
What is Co-Design?
In a social and political climate overpowered by challenges, complexities, and controversies, the ability to find common ground, communicate, and create, is more pressing than ever. As part of the design community and the creative sector, Buttercrumble believes it is our duty to explore and innovate new ways of solving our current problems. And we have. There was green design, holistic design — now we have co-design.
This new beginning motivates us to reinvent ourselves, exercise our strengths, and remedy our foibles. I find this especially true of our young generation climbing social ladders and (literally) growing out of their former selves!