I stumbled across live|work recently and have enjoyed reading their articles and perspectives on Service Design. Particularly this passage:
when production takes place in one place far from where the product is consumed the relationship between producer and consumer becomes impersonal, disconnected and ultimately unsustainable.
There’s an awful lot being written about our nation’s food consumption habits and the dangers of factory farming, truck-ripened food and the like. The above statement is a reoccurring theme in modern life. One that I think we will see pop up in lots of different contexts as we emerge from the haze of the post-9/11 bush years and begin to strive for sustainability in all aspects of life.
Check out the entire article, it’s a great window into live|work’s viewpoint on their craft.