Project overview
An original, author-designed workshop created to redefine how digital products are conceived by introducing environmental limits as fixed design conditions rather than optional considerations.
I developed this methodology from scratch: from conceptual framework and narrative structure to facilitation format and role dynamics, transforming the abstract concept of planetary boundaries into a practical decision-making tool for teams operating in digital environments.
The workshop translated the reality of Earth Overshoot Day into an experiential learning process, requiring participants to work within a simulated ecosystem where every digital decision carried a measurable environmental cost.
Design framework & strategic focus
Authorial methodology & workshop architecture
The workshop was based on a proprietary framework I designed to expose the material consequences of digital design choices. It combined systems thinking, role-play and speculative design into a coherent model for testing sustainable innovation under pressure.
Environmental awareness & systems literacy
Participants were guided through the hidden materiality of the digital world via structured presentations exploring server infrastructure, data transmission energy use and device life cycles.
Design under ecological constraint
Teams were given a limited “natural resources budget”, with each feature mapped to its environmental cost. This forced intentional prioritisation and challenged dominant narratives of technological abundance.
Simulated organisational tension
By assigning specific stakeholder roles: marketing, development, sales, strategy and design, I created controlled friction reflecting real-world corporate conflicts between profit and ecological responsibility.
Outcomes & value
The workshop functioned as a live laboratory for sustainable decision-making.
Participants gained practical understanding of digital environmental impact and first-hand experience of negotiating sustainability within business-driven structures
Main reflection
Designing this workshop clarified a fundamental truth: sustainability cannot be outsourced to trends or certifications: it must be structurally embedded into the logic of creation itself.
By translating planetary limits into a concrete design condition, this project demonstrated how authorship, facilitation and system design can catalyse a deeper transformation in how organisations understand responsibility, growth and innovation.
True progress emerged not from expansion, but from the discipline of conscious limitation.