Sustainability: Your Questions Answered

<p>There are many ways in which products can be unsustainable.</p> <p>Some are flown halfway round the world, some are produced using unacceptable quantities of water and other natural materials, some produce dangerously polluting substances as bi-products and others exploit and dehumanize the people that produce them. And then there is the problem of what happens to the product when it is no longer required.</p> <p>But in a world of competing sustainability claims, how can designers find out the truth about the products they specify and steer a confident path between the many hazards?</p> <p>We're joined by three designers in the vanguard of the interior design sustainability movement to answer the questions at the forefront of designer minds: Alexandra Jurkiewicz, Creative Lead at Helen Green Design, Chloe Bullock, founder of Materialise Interiors and David Chenery, founder and director of Object Space Place.&nbsp;</p> <p>This episode was recorded in front of a live audience of designers gathered at the newly renovated showroom of sofa.com in Chelsea.&nbsp;</p>