【Outline】

The 10^th International Conference of Design for Sustainability “Destination 2015-2017” will be held at YCAM (Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) and HISTORIA UBE (Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) on May 2-4, and at the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub (Minato Ward, Tokyo) on May 6, 2015.

The theme of the conference is “Design goes SLOC”—design for distributed regional economy. We will explore, while presenting actual case examples, ways to break away from the centralized social structure that depends on huge amounts of capital. We will also look at ways to develop social designs that will lead to a new decentralized society and economic structure for the purpose of creating a flexible society and economy that will replace last century industrial society and can be sustainable for generations to come.

The 9th conference in Java, Indonesia was jointly held with the Spedagi Project, which explores the decentralized system of product creation (monozukuri) and designs for regional societies, conducts experiments, and provides ideas. So this year’s conference will include a Spedagi Japan workshop. We will discuss the making of bicycles out of bamboo, which is an easily procured sustainable material growing throughout Asia and the rest of the world. We will also explore ways to use these bicycles to discover regional social issues and possibilities for resolving them.

【Theme】

“Design goes SLOC” design for distributed regional economy

We strive to break away from the causal connection that exists in the modern civilization between the consumption of resources and energy and their economic values, and to lead a more natural lifestyle based on a new set of values. Communities, industries, and livelihood rooted in the characteristics of the local region – characterized by a wide range of conditions, cultures, and climates – are the origin of sustainability. The resources are found in the local regions. Based on the key four points of SLOC (small, local, open, and connected) we invite you to begin designing a decentralized style of sustainable living.

【Outline】

Name : The 10^th international Conference of Design Sustainability

“Destination 2015-2017”

Venue : Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media（2^th- 3^thMay 2015）

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Ymaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi, 7530075 JAPAN

TEL : +81-83-901-2222 / FAX : +81-83-901-2216

http://www.ycam.jp/en/index.html

Historia Ube（4^thMay 2015）

1-1 Shinten-cho, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi, 7550029 JAPAN

TEL : +81-836-37-1400 / FAX : 81-836-37-1401

http://www.historia-ube.jp/

Tokyo Midtown Design Hub（6^thMay 2015）

5F Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6205 JAPAN

TEL : +81-3-6743-3776(Design Hub・JDP) / FAX : +81-3-6743-3775

http://designhub.jp/en/

Fee   May 2015

-1^st  :  free

-2^th  :  free

-3^th  :  Individual:2,500 JPY・Student:1,500JPY/1day

-4^th  :  Individual:2,500 JPY・Student:1,500JPY/1day

-6^th  :  Individual:2,000 JPY・Student:1,000JPY/1day

(To be paid by participant, unless invited)

Participants  :  100 persons (Max)

Language  :  English or Japanese with interpretation

Organizers  :  The Executive Committee for International Conference of Design for  

Sustainability

Cosponsors  :  Yamaguchi City foundation for Cultural Promotion

Tugboat inc.

Supported by  :  Yamaguchi-City, (5/2~3)

Ube-City

Japan Institute of Design Promotion(5/6)

Japan Industrial Designers’ Association

Financial sponsor  :  Azbil Corporation

【Optional Tour】

A tour (optional tour) taken on bamboo bikes to visit farmers and other residents living mainly in the neighborhood of Atō Bunko in the Atō Region of Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. See our website for details.

Cosponsors  :  Yamaguchi City

Date :  Friday, May 1

Time : TBD

Participation fee  :  The actual cost

Accommodation  :  In the Atō region

Maximum number

of participants  :  20

【Related Event】

Exhibition Name  :  Bicycle Expo 2015 in AOYAMA (Bamboo bikes and activity details will be on

display at the site.)

【Contact information】

Secretariat : 25-1, Imadomi Ube-shi Yamaguchi 757-0212 Japan　[c/o open house inc.]

TEL : +81 50-3805-1485 / FAX : +81 50-3730-6070

mail@sustainabledesign.jp

http://www.sustainabledesign.jp/

【Program】

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM) will launch a project in May 2015 to explore food, clothing, and housing. The project will widely publicize its research process as an open laboratory, encouraging the active participation not only of professionals, but also of everyone from the general public. Of the food, clothing, and housing, the focus this year will be on “food” and we will open a “food lab.” We plan to discuss social issues surrounding food while at times incorporating farming practices. As we launch this “food lab,” we will invite experts and collaborators from Yamaguchi City to participate in a public meeting.