Jen van der Meer

If Products Could Speak Feb 2 2009
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February 9th, 2009 | Category: Backstories, Behavior Change, ITP, Life Cycle Assessment | Leave a comment

If the crowd will save us, and armies of developers working for good will truly save us from ourselves, then in the meantime we’re going to need better curators and story tellers to find the nuggets in the crowd and point us in the right direction. 
Case in point: Nokia’s mobile application developer community, Forum Nokia, recently launched [...]

January 31st, 2009 | Category: Behavior Change, ITP, Workers | Comments (1)

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.

January 26th, 2009 | Category: Backstories, Footprint, ITP | Leave a comment

Phase 1: If Products Could Tell Their Stories, To Whom Would They Speak?
1. Intro: Towards a Sustainable Model of Product Design
Discussion: Intro to Life Cycle Awareness and Life Cycle Assessment Tools, and intro to sustainable product/service development
Readings: The Okala Guide, Modules 9, 10, 11, pp. 28-37.
Shaping Things, Chapters 1-6, pp. 1-54.
Assignment due next class: [...]

January 25th, 2009 | Category: ITP | Comments (1)