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Monday, 02 Apr 2012

Anna Meroni

Lecture: A Human Centered Approach for Design for Services – Anna Meroni

ANNA MERONI, PhD, is a scholar and professor in Service and Strategic Design at Politecnico di Milano. She works on design activism, social innovation and sustainability, with a specific focus on food and housing systems [...]

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Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011

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Report from the PICNIC Festival 2011: Smart Cities, Open Data and Urban Futures

Last week the annual PICNIC Festival took place in Amsterdam. During three days, people from a wide range of backgrounds came together to talk about urban future scenarios, and discuss how our cities can adopt to the cha [...]

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Thursday, 16 Jun 2011

Oven Feedback Glow

Sustainable Interactions: Changing User Behaviours with Calm Technology

[STUDENT WORKS] Silvia Venditti just graduated from the Interaction Design Masters Programme at K3, Malmö University. Her thesis “Shared Resources, Calm Applicances: Sustainable Interaction and Care in Housing Con [...]

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Friday, 03 Jun 2011

Vårstädning

From “Vårstädningen”: A weekend full of workshops at Fabriken

In the end of May Living Lab Fabriken at STPLN organised a workshop weekend focusing on the themes Re-use, Re-Pair, and Re-claim. Two days full of experimental open workshops, and activities were offered to the particip [...]

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Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Service Design Prototyping

Can We Achieve Truly Sustainable Design?

One of the most prestigious academic journals in the field of design history, theory, and criticism is Design Issues, published by MIT Press since 1984. It is a toll-access journal, meaning that you have to pay to access [...]

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Tuesday, 07 Dec 2010

Vastrahamnen

Discover the hidden systems of Västra hamnen

You’re invited to experience a behind-the-scenes view of some of the energy and environment-saving systems at work within the Västra Hamnen area – as viewed through a parascope. MEDEA Collaborative Media Ini [...]

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Tuesday, 07 Dec 2010

Fabriken Workshop I

Fabriken Workshop series completed

In the beginning of next year, Living Lab Fabriken opens up its doors at Stapelbäddsparken in Västra hamnen, Malmö. During the autum three workshops have been carried out aiming at developing the framework of the lab [...]

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Wednesday, 24 Nov 2010

Arlene Birt Visualizing Sustainability 2010

MEDEA Talks # 15 – Visualizing Sustainability

MEDEA Talks # 15 presents artist-in-residence Arlene Birt who speaks on the theme “Visualizing Sustainability” and how to communicate consumers’ roles in social and ecological sustainability. She also p [...]

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