Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
I'm all for transparency too Jeff (it's really a main principle of the Designers Accord). I do think that sometimes complex problems require more nuanced and deep answers but they don't need to be alienating -- which is part of what I think you are getting at. I have found that when I talk about sustainability to interaction designers, especially those who focus on web and software design, they tend to talk about design in general, and don't get specific about the craft. Philosophically, sustainable design is good design, and I am all for breaking down the silos of design (this is where AIGA and IDSA contribute so meaningfully to the Accord by evolving their definitions of the design disciplines). But where can interaction designers contribute specifically? I think of it basically like this: 1/ As providing the connective tissue between disparate concepts and geographies. Kiva is a great example of a system making enormous impact that is facilitated by the work of interaction designers. 2/ As enabling alternatives to traditional products. We often talk to clients about different service models that might supplant the traditional build-a-physical-product mindset. (This is something we do a lot at IDEO.) 3/ As creating forums for conversation. The richly woven conversations that we experience in online communities are provided for not just by the interaction designer who constructs the system, but by the engagements provided between people and their community, and ultimately their environment. This is a start %u2013 what else? - Valerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24609 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
Valerie said: "I am eager to ask this community about how you think social and environmental sustainability fits with interaction design." Welcome, Valerie! So far I like everything I've read about the Designer's Accord. As an interaction designer yourself, how about a little jump-start? Where do you see the fit with interaction design? And thanks for asking the tough question right up front. I wrote a convoluted response and scrapped it. No need to thank me. Had to be done to get at the meat of it. I'll put it this way, as a start: What we think, and how we think, is to a great extent what we become. If we engage constantly in very tedious and complex and frustrating interactions, we will become that kind of person. If we instead function simply, transparently and efficiently, we will be imbued with those qualities as individuals and as a society. I know which I prefer, and I think I know which will provide the greatest longterm benefit to humanity. What do you think? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24609 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
Hi Valerie, Welcome to the list. There are 2 interesting threads going on right now within IxDA that look like they need spaces for further discussion for those who want to dive deeper. One on the "Defining UCD" thread and another on the ideas within "Designer's Accord" I am interested in both. Re the designers accord it fits into some ideas discussed early on in the org about forming an "ethics" working group and around the ideals of practice. To give us all an idea of how you see adoption of the accord into working practice could you describe to the list what IDSA and AIGA have done in and around the accord and perhaps how such an accord manifests itself day to day within IDEO? *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
There's much more. If we want to still stand a chance on this planet, I think we will need to redesign for sustainability mostly everything, from our homes to our society. This, to me, sounds like a huge design effort. Now, if this effort is taken on by the wrong kind of people, there is a risk, for example, of them focusing too much on the sustainability part and forgetting the human part. (Extreme situations could be violations of human rights, for example) Or they simply might not be equipped with the skills to find the right solutions. Designing for sustainability is a complex challenge, and solving complex design challenges while considering and providing for the wellbeing of people is what interaction designers do, isn't it? Of course, not all designers can or want to start finding sustainability-focused projects. But I think they do have a moral obligation to at least consider sustainability in all of their design projects and try their best to include it in the design. After all, interaction designers design for people and sustainability is about the future of mankind... On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:16:36, Valerie Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, I am eager to ask this community about how you think social > and environmental sustainability fits with interaction design. Many > people just focus on energy efficient hosting and virtual > communities. I know there's more. > > - Valerie > > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
I'm happy to join this conversation since I've been lurking for a few days. I'm the founder of the Designers Accord (www.designersaccord.org). I announced the endorsement of the Accord by AIGA and IDSA this weekend, but this initiative wasn't created by either organization. I work at IDEO, but the Accord is not attached to one firm in particular. The Designers Accord is a discipline-agnostic not-for-profit organization. In fact, I am an interaction designer with about 15 years of experience designing all sorts of things %u2013 from UI to physical products and environments. When I started this project it was easiest to focus on the tangibles in our environment -- both in terms of describing the concept and making the mission "real" to people. However, I am eager to ask this community about how you think social and environmental sustainability fits with interaction design. Many people just focus on energy efficient hosting and virtual communities. I know there's more. My goal is to include all designers in this movement, especially my own tribe! - Valerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24609 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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Awesome article. Thanks for keeping it real. Is the high-tech world indifferent to the problems of the poor? Do we have > any competence that matters in helping them find a better life? Or are we > just making "the happy few" that much happier? (Sorry for the dupe. I meant to include the group.) -G *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
I agree that we could all keep our products a little – or a lot – longer. To do this, businesses would have to figure out how to continue making a mint selling us services instead of products. When this happens, more durable products will be more profitable. Until then, it won't make sense for anyone wanting to remain in business to make stuff that lasts. Here's why: Highly durable, well-designed products can be sold at a premium to a customer base that (hopefully) will be quite pleased with your product. So pleased, in fact, that they don't need to buy anything else from you for quite some time. Since your products will be more expensive than the "average" offerings many potential customers will instead prefer to buy your product used and not from you. In time you'll be competing with products you sold long ago. This can kill a company. An example: Leica Camera sells superbly crafted, highly durable cameras but only captures about 20% of the worldwide market for Leicas. The other 80% is captured by individuals and dealers selling used equipment. [1]. Selling "the very best, most durable product" will not sustain your business unless you are a small company that doesn't need to grow, in a growing market with few or no competitors. I would much prefer it if everything I used made to last, possible to repair, useful for years on end and a pleasure to use. I'm sure the planet would benefit from this as well. Therefore I try to make services instead of products when I can, but it's a complex task. For a nuanced, detailed and readable discussion on how we can create services instead of products and create a more sustainable outcome, I highly recommend John Thackara's book "In the bubble: designing in a complex world" http://www.amazon.com/Bubble-Designing-Complex-World/dp/0262201577 http://www.thackara.com/inthebubble/ My hat's off to the IDSA for creating the Designer's Accord and I'm going to spread the word about it at our UXnet meetings here in Oslo. - Fredrik 1. From a quote by Leica Camera CEO Steven K Lee in Leica Fotografie International magazine *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
Gloria:"I wonder if there isn't some sort of tie-in forming between accessibility and sustainability. Both are socially-conscious initiatives aimed at Doing the Right Thing" There is another, arguably greater, consideration when aiming to do the right thing... I cant sum it up better than Dale Dougherty in this post on the O'Reilly Radar http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/the_rest_of_the.html regards - p *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
Hello fellow designer and artist, my name is abdi and i'm doing a survey on the usefulness of self promotion with in a social networking sites such as this one, as my fellow designers and artist i come to you for help in filling out this short survey, plz follow the link below for the survey. http://fd3.formdesk.com/ali6/selfpromotion thank you abdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24609 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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Sorry to get all Zen on you guys, but there is a connection and a movement if we perceive one and act on it, Gloria. Flower child or not, more power to you! I think these are choices thoughful people face in any endeavor, maybe more so with experience. There are many rewards and considerations beyond financial compensation, and (like you, maybe) I am seeing and hearing more evidence all the time that people do consider the "environmental footprint" of a company as a factor, whether they want to invest in the company or do business therewith. Maybe we have Al Gore to thank for that, but I think it's simply that the time has come. I think there are a lot of short-term and long-term benefits to the tie-in between accessibility and sustainability, and other matters of social empathy. When I first started seriously concentrating on accessibility, I thought of it primarily as "The Right Thing to Do." Now I think of it as a structural and cognitive benefit that helps guide me through the process with fewer distractions (aware that I can embellish later without subtracting accessibility). That makes my work product more sustainable, too. Robert Frost talked about how he'd studied and used classical forms in his poetry, and felt somehow liberated by them; he compared it to a horse "learning to run light in harness." I feel the same about function and form. So the things that may seem to restrict us can also free us. There's yang in the yin, yin in the yang. The woman who conceived this Designers Accord did so on an airplane enroute to a meeting with a client. Are such transportation costs really justified with all the communications options available to us today? Would we not be wise to cultivate business closer to home? These are questions we each answer for ourselves, and little things in our own experience (having a family, for example, and being concerned about their future world) will lead us one way or another. If these considerations are indeed on the rise (they are for me, a 51-year-old guy with three teenaged children), I'm all for it. I think it takes a long time for things like this to reach a critical mass, but we've been talking about sustainability for my entire adult life. My tattered yellowed copies of "Design for the Real World" and "The Last Whole Earth Catalog" prove it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24609 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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Ah, that's right, thanks! Ofcourse, in this case a balance needs to be found between resisting change-for-the-sake-of-change and making change to improve efficiency. But you're right, it seems like a good example that it can be done. On Jan 19, 2008 1:54 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry I deleted the original reference. But it is looking at sustainable > design and the need to change evey few years. Just thought I could point to > a car which has resisted change for over four decades. > > Navneet > Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel > > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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I raise this question because today during the course of my daily URL harvest I found myself getting tangled between -uh- my accessibles and my sustainables. Perhaps it's because so many of these companies and online communities seem so similar in tone. Then I started to think some more about it...if the mark of a responsible website is a screen-reader friendly structure, and the mark of great hardware is that it doesn't break down to nuclear waste...friendly to users, friendly to the earth, you don't see a connection? Maybe I'm a flower child, but I think there's a growing connection. It's quiet, and maybe it's got a long way to go, and it's got a lot of profiteering obstacles, but it's there. Have you really not seen a single company that isn't committed to accessibility AND sustainability? > Confusing statement. Doesn't their similarity end there? > > Accessibility simply refers to the degree to which something can be > accessed. Sustainability means developing products in a way that eliminates > or at least minimizes the damaging effects on the environment so that the > product can continue being made without fear of losing the very resources > used to make it. > > Beyond "doing the right thing", there's no connection. > > -r- > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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Sorry I deleted the original reference. But it is looking at sustainable design and the need to change evey few years. Just thought I could point to a car which has resisted change for over four decades. Navneet Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: "Sebi Tauciuc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:36:58 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:"Jeff White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord There is no reference to 'that logic' in the message and I could not find any clues in the Wikipedia definition. I don't get the point, could you please elaborate? On Jan 19, 2008 1:25 AM, < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Going by that logic, Hindustan motors is doing something right with the Ambassador. A model that has been in production since 1957... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador> Navneet Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ <http://interaction08.ixda.org/> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe <http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe> List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines <http://www.ixda.org/guidelines> List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help <http://www.ixda.org/help> -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ <http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/> *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
There is no reference to 'that logic' in the message and I could not find any clues in the Wikipedia definition. I don't get the point, could you please elaborate? On Jan 19, 2008 1:25 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Going by that logic, Hindustan motors is doing something right with the > Ambassador. A model that has been in production since 1957... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador > > > Navneet > Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
Going by that logic, Hindustan motors is doing something right with the Ambassador. A model that has been in production since 1957... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador Navneet Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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> This is nitpicking - but there's actually a strange tie-in that might > put the two at odds with each other, in some circumstances. Great point. Google, for example, is attempting to make all the world's information accessible en masse, but in doing so, have become a major energy consumer. To counter this, Google has implemented the largest solar panel installation in the US and now reports that a good chunk of its power comes fro renewable energy. Most companies don't do anything like this, despite that the IT sector accounts for something like 5% of all the energy used in the USA. -r- *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
> I wonder if there isn't some sort of tie-in forming between accessibility > and sustainability. Both are socially-conscious initiatives aimed at Doing > the Right Thing. Confusing statement. Doesn't their similarity end there? Accessibility simply refers to the degree to which something can be accessed. Sustainability means developing products in a way that eliminates or at least minimizes the damaging effects on the environment so that the product can continue being made without fear of losing the very resources used to make it. Beyond "doing the right thing", there's no connection. -r- *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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This is nitpicking - but there's actually a strange tie-in that might put the two at odds with each other, in some circumstances. Part of sustainable design is designing products built to last - a long time. Miniaturization - laptops, cell phones, etc, only means that whatever you had before will most likely be thrown out. That's an impact, and a very big one especially when it comes to things like phones and PDAs. Do you really need a new car every 3 years? or 5 years? or 10? Can you live without that cool new Mac laptop? Can you get by on your old phone that weighs a half ounce more and looks a little less cool than a Motorola Razor? You absolutely can. Not only do designers need to be involved, but so do the owners of the products and services designers play a role in making. My point is - since lots of things aren't accessible - making them so sometimes means new models, which means old ones get thrown out. Now, I'm all for accessibility by all means and I don't want to downplay the importance of it, and there are certainly ways around this - like a device that can be connected to the web and have more accessible software downloaded to it, etc. It's just an interesting dilemma. This is certainly related to recent discussion about the Mac Air. Everyone jumps on board thinking about the IxD, the innovative design, etc. And yes, it's cool for sure. But if you look at it from the viewpoint of sustainable design, it could be viewed as downright irresponsible product design, driven only by the dynamics of social image and profit-making. Jeff On Jan 18, 2008 12:59 PM, Gloria Petron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if there isn't some sort of tie-in forming between accessibility > and sustainability. Both are socially-conscious initiatives aimed at Doing > the Right Thing. > > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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I wonder if there isn't some sort of tie-in forming between accessibility and sustainability. Both are socially-conscious initiatives aimed at Doing the Right Thing. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
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Designers Accord is actually something I've just recently heard of (last night actually). As far as their challenge/mission/principles go, I too think they've done a great job. It's simple really. Teach and influence others by surfacing the topic while working with teams or clients. It brings green into the conversation. I think they use the term "designer" very broadly, and as designers of experiences (or however you phrase it personally) we too are designers. We're certainly part of the design process. As an example, I've been helping my Mom start her business (Raw food cleansing, catering, and counseling) and through the process of developing her identity, we've had multiple conversations about using bio-degradable and recyclable/recycled materials in her communications (business cards, brochures) and drinks & food containers (bottles, trays, etc). The interesting thing about this process is it is so very hard to find manufacturers of certain products (such as biodegradable bottles - corn based polymers is the big thing). So if anyone reading this can provide some direction, I would forever be grateful. But back to the point. I think the environmental issue is one that is personal. For me it's personal. So I bring it up as often as possible. Is it something we should talk about as an organization? Yes. Absolutely. Are we? I think by bringing it up, you've certainly kicked it off. :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24609 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] The Designers Accord
http://www.designersaccord.org/ >From our brothers and sisters in the IDSA there seems to be more movement in and around sustainability and understanding issues of environmental impact then I have seen discussed within our community. I think the outlines of this accord are quite good. How do you think IxDA could play a role in meeting its' implied challenge? What is the interaction design practitioner's responsibility around sustainability and understanding the environmental impact of the decisions we make and the designs we create? --greg *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
