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Learning from Green Designers: Green Design as Discursive Practice

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Earl Friedberg,

Edward LankAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1312 - 1323

https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858124

Published: 07 May 2016 Publication History

Abstract

This paper looks at the activities of environmentally minded technology designers and provides an account of how these designers think, behave and differ. In contrast to traditional designers, green designers appear to: (1) Bias decisions (2) Design from a deep, personal ethos; (3) Accept 'not knowing' as a part of the design process; (4) Rely on alternative ways of knowing, and; (5) Shift roles as needed throughout the design process. While a superficial treatment of these differences might seem to disenfranchise green designers, we show that an analysis of green design as a discursive practice highlights how, through engagement with others, green design can enhance pro-environmental dialog and enact meaningful change.

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Learning from Green Designers: Green Design as Discursive Practice
1. Human-centered computing

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Prophet JKow YHurry M(2018)Cultivating Environmental Awareness: Modeling Air Quality Data via Augmented Reality Miniature TreesAugmented Cognition: Intelligent Technologies10.1007/978-3-319-91470-1_33(406-424)Online publication date: 3-Jun-2018
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