Sustainable interactions: through design, in design
Speaker: William Odom, Griffith University
When: 2008-12-03 11:00:00
Venue: 78-420
Host: Dr Stephen Viller
Abstract:<span class="style2"><span class="style3">Broadly construed, interaction design is the art of facilitating </span>
<span class="style3">meaningful connections between humans and digital artefacts and </span>
<span class="style3">systems. While the field of interaction design continues to lead to </span>
<span class="style3">advances in producing more usable and enjoyable interactive devices, </span>
<span class="style3">the consequential ecological impact—in terms of resource consumption, </span>
<span class="style3">accelerated rates of obsolescence and disposal of toxic materials—</span>
<span class="style3">represents a growing area of concern. In this talk I will discuss </span>
<span class="style3">approaches to sustainability in the context of interaction design in </span>
<span class="style3">two broad senses: (i) through design—how interactive products and </span>
<span class="style3">systems can be used to promote more sustainable behaviors and (ii) in </span>
<span class="style3">design—how sustainability can be used as a critical lens in the design </span>
<span class="style3">of interactive products themselves. Key examples from the ongoing work </span>
<span class="style3">of the Sustainable Interaction Design Research Group at Indiana </span>
<span class="style3">University will be used to illustrate both approaches with an eye </span>
<span class="style3">toward future design and research opportunities.</span></span><font size="2">
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Biography:
Type: Seminar
Contact:Dr. Stephen Viller
(viller@itee.uq.edu.au)or Heng Tao Shen (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(shenht@itee.uq.edu.au)