Team 16: Amrita Khoshoo, Diana Minji Chun, Hannah Koenig, Shambhavi Deshpande This post chronicles our team’s progress as it happens for the fifth and final phase of our Interaction Design Studio 2 Project, taught by Peter Scupelli in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design. …

Assignment 2 of the Spring 2020 Transition Design Seminar Introduction We are Team Holarchy, and our wicked problem is Poor Air Quality in Pittsburgh. In this assignment, our objective is to use the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) framework to gain a deep understanding of the large context within which our wicked problem…

Team 16: Amrita Khoshoo, Diana Minji Chun, Hannah Koenig, Shambhavi Deshpande This post chronicles our team’s progress as it happens for the second phase of our Interaction Design Studio 2 Project, taught by Peter Scupelli in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design. You can find the full process publication here. Feb 18: Presentation Debrief …

Assignment 1a from https://transitiondesignseminarcmu.net/ Introduction For many people, the city of Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel and smoke. Since Pittsburgh’s municipal incorporation in 1758, industrialization and manufacturing dominated its natural resources, economy, and cultural narrative. …

Team 16: Amrita Khoshoo, Diana Minji Chun, Hannah Koenig, Shambhavi Deshpande This post chronicles our team’s progress as it happens for the second phase of our Interaction Design Studio 2 Project, taught by Peter Scupelli in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design. You can find the full process publication here. Thursday 1/23: Phase 2 Kick-off …

On our last day of class, students presented on their pilot projects and shared what they learned. Donna: Exploring the “e” side of e-textiles

This morning, Dan introduced Ruined By Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It by Mike Monteiro. For the first part of class, we discussed the main points of the book and our reactions to it. Discussion Mike Monteiro runs his own firm and is…

with Helen Fisher Pilot Projects Dan began class today by opening a discussion about pilot project progress. Ema shared about her progress with her workshops on shifting metaphors around meat consumption, from “winner winner chicken dinner” to “meat doesn’t take into account vulnerable populations, like a bully.” She’s using images that participants…

Personal Data, Privacy Regulations, and Design The months-long New York Times Privacy Project comprises a growing body of journalism that examines the topic of privacy in the digital age. In her article The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data?, Natasha Singer points out that U.S. federal…