Teaching Lifecycles and Flows with Rebecca Silver at SVA’s Products of Design - product backstories, systems thinking, life cycle assessment. Or, environmental accounting, taught to design students. With stunning results - Here is Emi Yasaka’s assessment of her REI backback
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Thanks again, Core77. For your quick write up:
Microcycle Project - Union Square from wake on Vimeo.
“How tightly can a product’s lifecycle be compressed… and what are the ramifications of doing this?”
These are the questions Elliott Montgomery asks with his MicroCycle project–a mini manufacturing station-turned-public outreach kiosk that recently appeared on the south end of [...]
LCA Learning Group: LCA is not for Wimps!
Learn about LCA from Jacob Madsen
Date: Thursday April 2nd
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Venue: Smart Design
601 W 26th Street, Suite 1820
Jacob Madsen
Energy and Climate Change
ERM
LIfe cycle analysis often generates surprising findings, telling us which product is greener. The Hummer or the Prius? Cotton diapers or disposable? Paper or Plastic?
Join [...]
If Products Could Speak Feb 2 2009
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Join o2NYC as we begin a learning group whose goal is to understand Life Cycle Assessment, and to develop our skills as design professionals to provide the systems thinking approach and holistic understanding that LCA provides.
When: Wednesday, February 25th. 6-8 PM.
Where: Smart Design. 601 W 26th Street, Suite 1820.
RSVP: j at o2nyc dot org
$10 suggested [...]
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