ToolkitsDisrupt Design

Design Play Cards

ToolkitsDisrupt Design
Design Play Cards

DESIGN PLAY CARDS

Developed in 2011, the Design Play Cards (DPC) are a way of condensing and transferring the wonderful approaches from the eco-design and sustainable product design community.

Cards are an amazing medium since you can move them around and are restricted to creating the information on a small space, which helps to enforce a deep synthesis of the core knowledge. From the players' perspectives, this makes it quick and easy to get the info.

The DPC has 50 cards broken up into 3 decks, Design Problems (which challenge you to think about a design problem, from toasters burning toast to electronic waste recycling); Design Strategy (which are all the eco-design ideas, from Design for Disassembly to Design for Modularity, which help frame the thinking to address the problem); and Design Inspiration (where several case studies are provided for the player to think through how someone else solved the problem).   

creative problem solving game through sustainable design by leyla acaroglu

The Design Play Cards were awarded a CORE77 Design Award in 2012 and have been downloaded thousands of times, being used globally in educative and community development situations.