systems thinking
Perk: Disposing of the Disposable
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The focus of this class project was reducing the consumption of disposable paper cups in coffee shops, by promoting the use of reusable containers such as mugs and tumblers. Through extensive user research and testing, we established that the most effective tactics for behaviour change involve providing benefits to eco-conscious coffee consumers, instead of shaming those who flaunt paper cups. What makes Perk a successful design: - it provides sustainable incentives, - engages the consumer, - uses ubiquitous technology, - uses the barista as a point of intervention, and - complements the customer’s lifestyle
Vancouver Girl
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A system design, VancouverGirl seeks to bring new life to used and discarded fashion dolls. By using wastestreams and local resources from the fashion industry, VancouverGirl gives old dolls a makeover, bringing their material lifespan more in line with the use-life span of a child.
Trancentive– Holistic Transportation Advocacy Group for Greater Vancouver
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Despite the new expansion and opening of the Canada Line, Vancouver’s transit system still has many aspects of inefficiency that is due to preliminary organization/treatment of each means of transport as seperate entities instead of a whole. The ideal Transport system is holistic hence efficient, and we will eventually get there, but should it take as long as it is taking?