Service Design
Designing A Difference: Part 2
Designing A Difference – Smallbean Part 2 on Vimeo Almost one year ago, I wrote about a collaboration between Design Museum Boston and Smallbean to develop the next generation of Smallbean’s solar suitcase in a post titled Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase. Here is phase two of the project, which focused on refining concepts [...]
Recycling in Savannah
How to Motivate People to Create Better Recycling Habits through Awareness, Education and Convenience Overview For my final project in the Design Management program at SCAD, I wanted to take a closer look at recycling in Savannah, GA. The purpose of my study was to reveal a better way to encourage and enable recycling for [...]
Knowledge Sharing Network
Currently, Design Management is represented so inconsistently that there is both an opportunity and a need for Design Managers to define our field and chart a course for the profession. The development of a central network entity is the perfect way to allow Design Managers to share their knowledge, projects and experiences. This forum of [...]
The Human Factor: Design Thinking
This introductory class helped me understand the physical and emotional human factors that need to be considered with every design project — from ergonomics and usability to lighting and color. Coming from a graphic design background, the physical factors were especially new to me. I learned how to find and use anthropometric data as well [...]
Designing A Difference: Smallbean’s Solar Suitcase
Designing A Difference: Smallbean Part 1 from Design Museum Boston on Vimeo. A team at Design Museum Boston is collaborating with Smallbean, a nonprofit corporation based in Boston, to develop the next generation of Smallbean’s solar suitcase. This video documents phase one of the redesign, which is still in progress. Phase one focused on understanding [...]
The Launch of OpenIDEO
Introduction to OpenIDEO / OpenIDEO.com from IDEO on Vimeo. This week, IDEO launched an open idea generation platform called OpenIDEO. It is a place where anyone, not just designers, can contribute ideas, become inspired and evaluate the ideas of others. The thing I like most about OpenIDEO is the fact that it uses collaboration to [...]