We prefer Slow Design!
Slow Design is a democratic and holistic design approach for creating appropriately tailored solutions for the long-term well being of people and the planet. To this end, Slow Design seeks out positive synergies between the elements in a system, celebrates diversity and regionalism, and cultivates meaningful relationships that add richness to life.
Common qualities of Slow Design include:
Longer design processes with more time for research, contemplation, real life impact tests, and fine tuning.
Design for manufacturing with local or regional materials and technologies or design that supports local industries, workshops, and craftspeople.Design that takes into account local or regional culture both as a source of inspiration and as an important consideration for the design outcome. Design that studies the concept of natural time cycles and incorporates them into design and manufacturing processes. Design that looks at longer cycles of human behavior and sustainability. Design that takes into account deeper well being and the findings of positive psychology!