Overview: Research an appliance and design an accurate and easy to communicate visual representation of its lifetime use of material resources, from cradle to grave or cradle to cradle. Include all steps of the journey, including raw materials to build it at the beginning, distribution, assembly, end use, and final destination.
Result: A depiction of the lifecycle of a microwave in a long poster format. The poster includes a full breakdown, showing the materials used in the microwave and where they come from, details about the factory work and distribution, energy usage information, and disposal and recycling statistics. The poster allows people to see what sort of usage and waste comes from a microwave.
