{"id":5125,"date":"2025-10-21T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/partnerin\/ecosign-academy-for-sustainable-design\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:31:00","slug":"ecosign-academy-for-sustainable-design","status":"publish","type":"kooperationspartner","link":"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/en\/partnerin\/ecosign-academy-for-sustainable-design\/","title":{"rendered":"ecosign \u2013 Academy for Sustainable Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vimeo-embed-placeholder\" data-vimeo-id=\"1133107952\">\n                    <div class=\"vimeo-embed-placeholder-content\">\n                        <p>To play this video, you must agree to the use of Vimeo cookies.<\/p>\n                        <button class=\"cookies-consent-settings-button cookies-consent-button\" aria-label=\"Manage cookie settings for the Vimeo video 1133107952\">Manage Settings<\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Design is a key factor in value chains and, at the same time, an aesthetic discipline. Art has introduced us to the aesthetics of reduction, and it would be a remarkable feat of design to translate the joy of reduction into our lifestyles. Ultimately, natural resources diminish with use, while cultural and aesthetic resources flourish. So when we engage with art and culture, we are actively conserving resources.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cooperation with transform.NRW, ecosign aims to highlight these principles and jointly explore ways in which culture and design can serve as drivers of socio-ecological transformation.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR61335-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR61335-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR61335-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR61335-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR61335-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR61335-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ecosign GmbH &amp; Co. KG \u00a9 Charlotte Wulff, 2023\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nische_Projektpraesentation_Illustration_-04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nische_Projektpraesentation_Illustration_-04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nische_Projektpraesentation_Illustration_-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nische_Projektpraesentation_Illustration_-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nische_Projektpraesentation_Illustration_-04-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nische_Projektpraesentation_Illustration_-04-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ecosign GmbH &amp; Co. KG \u00a9 Anna Sorgalla, 2023\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sustainability at ecosign<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For ecosign, sustainability means ensuring the future viability of the planet, ecosystems, and society. Sustainability is not viewed as a static state, but rather as a constantly evolving process that requires active shaping. <br\/>It is only through design that sustainability becomes tangible and takes effect in various forms within the concrete realities of life.<br\/>Since its founding in 1994, ecosign has embodied the connection between sustainability and design in its very name: The fusion of ecology and design is ecosign. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR68443-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR68443-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR68443-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR68443-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR68443-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CWR68443-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ecosign GmbH &amp; Co. KG \u00a9 Charlotte Wulff, 2023\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-id=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC06925-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation in a movie theater: An ecosign lecturer stands in front of a screen displaying a slide that poses the question, &#x201C;How do we deal with the biosphere&#x2019;s finite sinks?&#x201D; In the background behind the text is Armand Guillaumin&#x2019;s painting &#x201C;Soleil couchant &#xE0; Ivry,&#x201D; depicting a landscape, a sunset, and smoking industrial smokestacks. \" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC06925-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC06925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC06925-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC06925-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC06925-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 mybreev GmbH, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Design is a key factor in value chains and, at the same time, an aesthetic discipline. Art has introduced us to the aesthetics of reduction, and it would be a remarkable feat of design to translate the joy of reduction into our lifestyles. Ultimately, natural resources diminish with use, while cultural and aesthetic resources flourish. 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