Week 4 - We’ll focus on the role that government and regulators play in defining the paying field for green product and service innovation. Much of the class follows the argument in the excellent book by Mark Schapiro: Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products.
If Products Could Speak Feb 23 2009
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Beyond just changing light bulbs and cutting vampire supply power sources, people are more likely to make higher impact change if they understand the total energy output of their homes. Enter smart meter visualizations.
The Wattson has been the premier example of a smart meter - a beautiful object that tells you in pounds (it’s a [...]
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 [...]
How the Green Movement Taps Participatory Networks to Drive Innovation: a feature article I wrote that was published on Core77.
Before environmental issues became part of the mainstream, the role of a designer was already starting to get much more interesting. Product innovation used to be the exclusive purview of R&D, where scientists and engineers tinkered [...]
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