Over the course of the semester, I have gained new outlooks on things that I wouldn’t have without this class. Here is a list of some of the few most important ones to me: The Environment ≠ climate change: Just because the main focus on the environment today is all about climate change, does not […]
Evaluating Process
April 11, 2019 by ·
The Evaluation mode was by far the most exciting and difficult. It not only tested our ideas and the product that we created, but us as well. I felt pretty prepared on Friday before walking into class. I thought I knew my groups product/idea and could convey that message to the other class and the […]
Prototyping
April 1, 2019 by ·
Prototyping, surprisingly enough, is not something I have done in any other class over my four years in college. Since this is not an activity that I do regularly, I found myself thinking about it and working on it more than on my other class work (whoops). Instead of sitting down to read a book […]
Ideation
March 24, 2019 by ·
During the Ideation process, I personally found brainstorming ideas rather challenging. I think this could be attributed to the fact that in every other class I’ve taken here at college the only thing I’ve really had to brainstorm are paper topics. Aside from that, there have been minimal creative juices flowing over the past four […]
Defining
March 17, 2019 by ·
During the “Defining” process of the Innovation Project, our group was given the task of creating a Persona and coming up with several “How might we…?” questions. To me, creating a Persona was a relatively easy task. When thinking of a product or service I imagine what the typical customer looks like in my head. […]
Great Design in Johnson & Johnson
February 25, 2019 by ·
In Johnson & Johnson’s health and healing products, great design can look like a variety of things. If we just examine the BAND-AID category in particular, there are a couple of great designs that Johnson & Johnson has come up with over the years. One great design idea was to make BAND-AID’s waterproof. It is […]
The Wise Consumer
February 18, 2019 by ·
It seems that the type of product a “wise customer” is going to spend money on is likely one that is an investment that not only benefits them, but the people and Earth around them as well. It seems that most of the wise consumers did not have problems spending a little more money on […]
Sustainability Frameworks: Biomimicry
February 11, 2019 by ·
In my personal opinion, the Biomimicry framework is the best. This seems to be the most effective framework to me because it starts from the bottom up. Biomimicry is said to be a process that “re-imagin[es] the design and development process”. This technique takes into consideration what nature is and does and tries to mimic […]
Lessons Learned
February 6, 2019 by ·
Before taking this class my idea of “being sustainable” was putting my plastic bins in the recycling can or dumping my banana peels into the house compost bin. After a few weeks of class and several group presentations, I have come to realize that it is so much more than that. And to top it […]
Well-being
January 23, 2019 by ·
After doing some research, my definition of well-being is: Well-being is the process of improving, maintaining, or creating the combination of six dimensions including, but not limited to: mental health, physical health, financial stability, personal relationships, goals, and your environment. This definition is not measured along a single continuum. You can vary your well-being by […]