social design

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A collaborative project between the Health Design Lab at Emily Carr University of art + design and the products and Process research team at British Columbia Institute of Technology.

This was a one year research project in which the design team developed a feasible system to be tested in rural areas for further development.

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Our class was given the opportunity to 'remix' the ECUAD library guide and request forms. I also took advantage of the opportunity to revisualize the information in the library guide by developing a system of icons. This helped both with collecting information and making the library guide something that communicates information using more than words. I think this demonstrates even the most mundane item can reflect the values of the institution.

 

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The Alabama Blitz was a collaborative social design initiative between twelve student designers in Greensboro, Alabama and Project M. Over the course of a week issues such as experience design for community engagement and collaborative design experimentation (loosely defined as Thinking Wrong and midnight Footdown tournaments) were examined by all participants. Several design objects, including a promotional newsprint piece , event poster, t-shirts, were produced to document the experience.