If Products Could Speak Jan 26 2009
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Intro to the course, introducing three frameworks:
Stakeholder vs. Shareholder management
Life Cycle Analysis
Spimes
And many examples of green interaction design - both hit and miss ideas.
I’ll be teaching a class as an adjunct professor on my favorite subject at NYU’s ITP school this winter term: If Products Could Tell Their Stories - Towards a Model of Sustainable Design. I’ll be using this website to help catalogue all of the frameworks, models, thoughts, and design examples of sustainable design thinking that [...]
It’s about binkies.
I’ll take the risk of being a mom blogger, for this post alone. As much as I’ve been aware of the difficulties required in finding out the truth about products, their materials, manufacturing methods, and backstories, there’s nothing like the experience of new motherhood to drive this point home so painfully.
The binky story:
While [...]
More doodles to explain Credit Default Swaps, which were supposed to be the insurance against risky Collateralized Debt Obligations.
Untangling credit default swaps from Marketplace on Vimeo.
If you learn better through story telling, I recommend This American Life’s description of Credit Default Swaps.
This time, champagne and tiered party glasses to explain collateralized debt obligations, better than Portfolio’s plumbing metaphor.
Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs from Marketplace on Vimeo.
Just posted this resource over at the Designers Accord.
To date sustainability tools and data visualization software look like they’ve designed by environmentalists. Welcome, interaction designers, your skills are needed here! This example from the Japan Sustainability Forum shows off a beautifully designed toolSee it Japan from Visible Strategiesof Vancouver. The perspective is for a whole country approach [...]
I’ve been noticing the parallels between the mortgage crises and the milk, tomato, and pet food recalls. The most striking common thread is how no one seems to know how products are mad anymore - whether they are children’s toys or collateralized debt obligations. Portfolio magazine went to great lengths back in December to explain [...]
Imagine a system of commerce in which you knew the people who made your things, and were assured that the making and delivering of these objects harmed no animals, preserved the environment, and empowered humanity. eBay has tried to turn this vision into a Paypal-funded experiment through World of Good. In the spirit of launch [...]
I want to give products a voice. When I look at a pencil, a mop, or a smart phone, I most likely don’t know where in the world these objects came from, what they are made out of, who created them, nor do I know who or what was affected in the making of these [...]
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