The Slow Design Principles
Carolyn F. Strauss, Alastair Fuad-Luke
We posit a new evaluative tool to encourage design practices to orientate towards social,
cultural and environmental sustainability under the rubric of ‘Slow Design.’
The Slow Design Principles offer an opportunity to find fresh QUALITIES in design research,
ideation, process and outcomes. The six principles of Slow Design are presented here as a
powerful tool for designers to interrogate, evaluate and reflect on their design ideas, processes
and outcomes using quantitative, qualitative and intuitive means of assessment.
'Slow Design' is a unique and vital form of creative activism that is delivering new VALUES
for design and contributing to the shift toward sustainability