INACADE 2023

In the context of environmental and social issues, sustainability refers to human capacity to fulfil their current needs, without compromising the future generations’ ability of to meet their own needs.

Environmental issues comprise natural and social problems, such as climate change, air pollution, water pollution, the exploitation of natural resources, and the gradual loss of knowledge and cultural traditions, due to the interruption of knowledge transfer, from one generation to the next. This is a complex and important issue to be overcame, to ensure a healthy life, both for the present and the future generations. There are many things that we could do, starts from small yet consistent steps, pursued together in our daily life. Numerous efforts to change people’s mindsets and lifestyles are starting to be applied for the sake of human sustainability. Start with simple movements, namely Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; with the hope that these efforts are able to decrease the energy consumption and reuse the waste materials. Designers as a subject are inseparable from the materials as their objects. The execution of designers’ creative ideas definitely requires medium in the form of materials that are suitable with its concept. To what extent the designers have been played a role in these simple Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

movements – and be thoughtful in the materials and energy utilization, especially in the current automation era.

Based on the above issues and phenomenon, we want to invite creative communities to participate in this years’s INACADE, as a direct action for our environment in the spirit of change, through the concept of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. With the theme “Designer as Sustainability Agent,” this movement ought to show that designers are responding to this urgent issue, and create tangible work based on critical thought, as a response to the environmental problems.

The 3rd INACADE will be held on 23-25 November 2023 and will discuss the role of designers and creative workers in responding to and resolving environmental issues. The exhibition and its series of events are intended to the designers and creative communities, both from Binus University and other universities, home and abroad. This festival is aimed at coffee lovers and entrepreneurs, both local and international. INACADE will bring together designers, creative workers and creative business, to share experiences and challenges in order to deliver sustainable design.