Jen van der Meer

Jen van der Meer

I like to measure the impact of everything: financial, environmental, and social.

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Sustainability, The Exit Strategy

Tonight in NYC - join me for a conversation with Ezio Manzini, one of o2 International’s early founders and one of the leading sustainability and design thinkers you’ve never heard about this side of the pond.
Small, local, open and connected

An Evening with Ezio Manzini

Observing society as a whole and in all its contradictoriness, we [...]

Design to influence behavior change

Design for Behavior Change:  
In prep for a panel talk at SXSW on Designing for Irrational Behavior organized by Robert Fabricant, these are emerging examples from design, tech, engagement marketing, not-for-profit, academia, social networking… telling the story of how people who design things are creating participatory platforms that lead to more conscious consumption and use of things. 
Backstories: Where [...]

First NYC Designers Accord Townhall

While it was hard to be a control freak “not_organizing” an “un_conference,” I still had fun at the Designers Accord’s first Town Hall.
The Problem of Proprietary
One of the big issues raised in a number of talks was how to get over the problem of proprietary. How do we work collaboratively in a field filled [...]

Designers Accord Town Hall NYC

Following on the success of Town Hall meetings conducted last year on the west coast, the Designers Accord will host its first New York City-based meeting on March 5th, 2009. Smart Design will host in their their spacious conference room in the Starret-Leigh building. Here’s the pitch:
Members of the Designers Accord meet locally to discuss [...]

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