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design I behaviour workshop


The 10th Sustainable Design Network seminar: 'Design I Behaviour' was held on Wednesday 12th April 2006 at the Design Council in London, UK. This event set out to explore how design can influence sustainable behaviour.

You can download copies of the presentations given at this event and a short report on the findings of the activities by following the links below.

  Tracy Bhamra, Loughborough University - "Introduction"
Tracy provided a short introduction to the event and the diverse range of participants in attendance.
     
  Tim Dant, University of East Anglia - “Materiality and Morality”
Tim introduced examples of where authority has been delegated to non-human actors and discussed issues surrounding the allocation of moral responsibility for use.
     
  Lynne Elvins and Rupert Bassett, A420 - Sustainability Issue Mapping; Making Sustainability Personal”
Lynne and Rupert introduced the Sustainability Issue Mapping tool developed by A420. For more information on this tool visit: http://www.a420.com/index.htm
     
  Richard Miles, Loughborough University - “Case study 1: Designing Behavioural Change: Reprogramming the User”
Richard introduced a mobile phone concept developed as part of his MSc in Industrial Design which aims to influence user behaviour. For more information on this concept visit: "eyes off road time".
     
  Guy Robinson and Robert Brown, Sprout Design - “Case study 2: Understanding Behaviour for Successful Product Development” (presentation not available).
Sprout provided an overview of their research and development processes and introduced some sustainable product designs. For more information visit: http://www.sproutdesign.co.uk/
     
  Parallel session 1: Debra Lilley, Loughborough University - "Designing Behaviour" (Design Activity)
This activity required each group consider the social and environmental consequences that could arise from consumer’s behaviour when using a given product, then re-design the product to change the user’s behaviour. <Read summary report>.
     
  Parallel session 2: Miles Park, Kingston University - "Using & Consuming" (Design Activity)
For more information visit Miles Park's homepage at: http://www.productevolution.co.uk (website currently unavailable).
     
  Debra Lilley, Loughborough University - "Provocations" (Group Discussion Activity)
Using ‘provocative’ statements as a starting point, each group discussed an issue or concern and then recorded some of the key points of their discussion. The debate was quite lively and the viewpoints raised varied. <Read summary report>.

Participants discussion during "Provocations"
© Sustainable Design Network, 2006
 

Participants discussion during "Using & Consuming"
© Sustainable Design Network, 2006


Group discussion during "Designing Behaviour"
© Sustainable Design Network, 2006


A further event entitled "Design I Behaviour: Making it happen!" was run in October 2008 as a follow-on to the Design I Behaviour workshop. You can access the presentations from this second event by following the link above.


Thanks to Paul Micklethwaite for the photographs and to to all the speakers and participants.

 


This content was updated:  11/07/2011