Continue working on LP Analysis (no other prep for Thursday) In addition to my regular office hours, I will hold additional office hours this Wednesday from 11-12 and 3-4 (no appointment needed; just stop by) Thursday will be an in-class workday; for your group to review individual work, to ask me questions, etc. Note: I […]
Archives for February 2019
Prep. for Tuesday, February 26th
February 21, 2019 by ·
Individual prep As a warm up to your blog (last one before Spring Break!), skim the pdf “Cool products” in the BB folder on Product Design; what appeals to you (and what does not)? And why? Try to think specifically about design principles that you might extract (just spend 30 minutes skimming and reflecting – […]
Prep. for Thursday, February 21st
February 19, 2019 by ·
Class prep Watch two videos introducing you to the Circular Economy – 5 minutes (see BB folder on Circular Economy) Inspect the picture of the Circular Economy value chain (same folder as the videos) Read the article “Introducing a Circular Economy” (see BB folder on Circular Economy) possibly explore some of the optional resources posted […]
Prep. for Tuesday, February 19th
February 14, 2019 by ·
CLASS PREP Complete the survey posted on Blackboard (see BB folder ‘Consumer Wisdom’). Determine your score for each block of questions, and your total score. Bring this to class (I will hand out paper copies in class on the 14th, or you can print the one on BB). Some of these questions are harder for […]
Prep. for Thursday, February 14th
February 12, 2019 by ·
Read “How to SHIFT Consumer Behaviors to be More Sustainable” pp. 5-29 (see file in Sustainability & Consumption folder on BB) As you read, make note of issues and tactics that might relate to your chosen company (e.g., things they are doing to promote sustainable consumption, or things they could be doing…); these notes may help […]
Prep. for Tuesday, February 12th
February 7, 2019 by ·
PREP Read ch. 3 of “Design is the Problem”. Give yourself time. This is a long and fairly dense chapter. Throughout, you will be reading about various “sustainability frameworks”, where a framework is an approach or “lens” for understanding sustainability and its impact on the design and development of products. As you read about each framework (this chapter covers […]
Prep. for Thursday, Feb. 7th
February 5, 2019 by ·
(due Wed. 10 p.m.) Submit a blog about “lessons learned” from the Brief Case presentations/research experience. Review Blog guidelines in the syllabus (re: how to write a great blog). If you’d like to review them, all of the recent Brief Case presentations are in a single PDF in the Assignment/Brief Cases folder on BB. With your […]