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 […]
Archives for February 2019
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 […]