Design For A Living World asks us to think about the products we use – where they come from, how they are made and the impacts they have on our planet. 

 

The Nature Conservancy invited 10 world-renown designers to create new objects from sustainable materials sourced from around the world. Wood, plants, wool and other organic materials were transformed into intriguing objects, revealing extraordinary stories about regeneration and the human connection to the earth’s lands and waters. Together, designers and consumers can reshape our materials economy and help advance a global conservation ethic by choosing sustainable materials that support, rather than deplete, endangered places.

 

 

Yves Behar / Stephen Burks / Hella Jongerius / Maya Lin / Christien Meindertsma / Abbott Miller / Isaac Mizrahi / Ted Muehling / Paulina Reyes for kate spade new york / Ezri Tarazi

 

 

To participate in the tour, all attendees must purchase admission to The Field Museum. The tour will begin at 12:30pm and last approximately 45 miniutes.

 

At the end of the tour, we will give away one signed and two unsigned copies of the Design For A Living World book to the attendees at random.