16 Jul 2008 0814H

Design Can Change; Interaction Design Supporting Sustainability

Maybe you all have seen this site, Design Can Change, from SmashLab in Vancouver, but I just tripped over it the other day. It’s a good read, and I think we’re all looking at ways to make changes as we can in the work we do.

A new society will require all kinds of people, as Steve Louie once told me, and I think this means we don’t leave environmental care to a handful of steward activists but really take it upon all of ourselves to make a change. For instance, recently these two young guys down at Bloomington’s informatics department won an award for interaction design in support of sustainability. To be honest, “sustainable interaction design” (PDF, 482.7KB) sounded wacky to me at first, but, the more I think about it, there are all these little things we can start building into our designs, in the interest of libertarian paternalism, to encourage sustainability.

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