Read the article “The secret phrase top innovators use” (see new BB folder, “Define”) Complete your group’s Persona; you will use this in class on Thursday, so bring a copy (printed or on your computer) Read the Innovation Project instructions, posted in the Assignments folder on BB

Read two articles on Design Thinking (see new folder on BB).  We will be using the Design Thinking methodology for the rest of the semester, so it is important for you to understand its purpose and the general approach.

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

(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 […]

though not due until Wed. 10 p.m., you may want to start to make some notes in preparation for submitting a blog about “lessons learned” from the Brief Case presentations (and from your own Brief Case research).  Review Blog guidelines in the syllabus (re: how to write a great blog) start to think about a […]