Sustainable Design: Create Eco-friendly Objects and Spaces
A course by Lucas Muñoz, Designer and Artist
Learn environmentally-conscious design strategies that promote sustainability and reduce the environmental impact of your creative actions
Have you ever wondered about the beginnings of a material you have worked with? Lucas Muñoz has made it his mission to create consciously and sustainably from the very start of his career. His work has become an inspiration for designers of all disciplines, with features of his work in numerous galleries across the world and awards such as AD Spain’s AD100 best interior designers of the year in 2021.
Delve into Lucas Muñoz’s entire design process to impact the world with sustainable, forward-thinking strategies for your designs. Discover how to search for opportunities inside your project’s ecosystem: natural, social, and urban. Learn how to source leftover production material and explore unorthodox approaches to elevate your design thinking and develop your own sustainable design objects and spaces.
What will you learn in this online course?
9 lessons & 11 downloads
What's included in this course?
Get to know Lucas, hear about how he became deeply involved in sustainable design, and discover the designers who have influenced his views on creating objects and designing spaces.
Go back in time and review two of Lucas’ projects: the Eujil-Ro Collection in Korea, and the Temple Stool in Thailand. Discover how both experiences taught him valuable lessons on exploring contexts with an open eye and mind. Then, learn how to gather and map material by analyzing three of his projects.
Discover how an open construction process works and start thinking about leftovers to create new objects. Lucas then presents some unorthodox approaches he’s come up with to generate creative solutions for common needs. Address the key role suppliers play when it comes to sustainable design and explore what to look out for when sourcing responsible suppliers.
Understand why documenting your process is essential when carrying out this type of design and see Lucas’ approach by looking at some examples. Finally, get Lucas’ advice on how to design for decay and maintenance to add more techniques to your process.
Gain insights and explore strategies related to the relationship between sustainability and space or object design. Lucas teaches how to search for opportunities inside your project’s ecosystem: natural, social, and urban.
- 97% positive reviews (62)
- 2,452 students
- 9 lessons (1h 42m)
- 11 downloads
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Spanish (Latam), French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Gain insights and explore strategies related to the relationship between sustainability and space or object design. Lucas teaches how to search for opportunities inside your project’s ecosystem: natural, social, and urban.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for designers of all fields, including design enthusiasts, who would like to explore a creative language that includes a wider scope than the human.
Requirements and materials
All you need is an interest in exploring sustainable ideas for your design process.
No specific materials are required to take this course.
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Lucas Muñoz
A course by Lucas Muñoz
Lucas Muñoz is an independent designer based both in Madrid, Spain, and Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. As a young student in product design, Lucas Muñoz realized that he didn’t want to design the objects he was taught to make. Instead, he began using the unwanted materials around him to transform them into new objects, which led to the launch of his studio Enpieza! in Madrid with a few friends from university. Before upcycling and green design became popular, Lucas and his friends were manufacturing with these ideas in mind, understanding objects from their materiality.
They then opened Guahouse, where every element was either recycled, donated, or handmade, and kept creating and exploring ways to conceptualize objects. Lucas then studied Contextual Design, where he further explored the notion of an object, its materiality, and its function. His quest for finding a deeper meaning in creating these types of objects is incessant. He works with galleries like Temporal and OGgetto and has received awards from AD Spain’s AD100 best Interior designers of the year in 2021, FRAME magazine’s 2020 Interior of the month award for his project: MO de Movimiento, and more.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Contextual Explorations
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Explore with an Open Eye and Mind
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Gather and Map Material
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U3
Production
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Human Activity as a Process of Leftover Production
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Unorthodox Approaches to the Creative Process
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Review Your Providers
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U4
Revisit, Evaluate and Maintain
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Maintenance Will Be a Pleasure
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Revisit Your Documentation
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FP
Final project
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Sustainable Design: Create Eco-friendly Objects and Spaces
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FAQs
This course is designed for intermediate learners with some background in design or sustainability. Beginners may benefit but should be familiar with basic design concepts and materials.
You’ll need access to various leftover, reclaimed, or local materials, basic hand tools, and some digital documentation tools. Specific requirements depend on the project but generally include items for crafting, assembly, and documentation.
You’ll learn how to map, source, and repurpose materials; apply participatory and context-driven strategies; evaluate material lifecycle impacts; and document your design process for sustainability and collaboration.
The course covers upcycling, material mapping, provider selection, participatory design, context-driven processes, documentation, ethical sourcing, and practical techniques for creating eco-friendly objects and installations.
Some prior experience with design processes or sustainability is recommended, but not strictly required. The course introduces participatory and upcycling strategies with real-world examples and step-by-step guidance.
You’ll learn hands-on methods for identifying, collecting, and transforming leftover or discarded materials into functional or artistic objects, with a focus on sustainability and creativity.
Material mapping involves identifying and cataloging available resources in your local area. The course teaches you to use this method to guide sustainable material selection and design choices.
Très intéressant et inspirant de suivre le cours de pensée de Lucas ! Je recommande.
Amazing course for all product designers! really interesting viewpoint on thnings around us
Interesting Course, But no resources like other courses
El curso te crea una espectativa de lo que tu tambien puedes lograr
Merci pour ce Cours. J'ai adoré la façon d'aborder ce processus de création responsable et durable.la Démonstration par l'exemple était riche et stimulant.