[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Sustainable Interactions: Through Design, In Design

[Daryl Ku]

(Apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to an IDG Seminar.


PRESENTER:      William Odom

TITLE:          Sustainable Interactions: Through Design, In Design

VENUE:          University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry  
Street, Carlton

DATE and TIME:  Friday 06 Mar 2009, 3-4 pm


ABSTRACT:
Broadly construed, interaction design is the art of facilitating  
meaningful connections between humans and digital artefacts and systems.  
While the field of interaction design continues to lead to advances in  
producing more usable and enjoyable interactive devices, the consequential  
ecological impact — in terms of resource consumption and accelerated rates  
of obsolescence contributing to disposal of toxic materials — represents a  
growing area of concern. In this talk I will discuss approaches to  
sustainability in the context of interaction design in two broad senses:  
(i) through design — how interactive products and systems can be used to  
promote more sustainable behaviors and (ii) in design — how sustainability  
can be used as a critical lens in the design of interactive products  
themselves.

This talk will largely be based on a paper to be delivered at CHI 2009 in  
April. Additionally, key examples from past work of the Sustainable  
Interaction Design Research Group at Indiana University as well as my  
ongoing research as a Fulbright Scholar at Griffith University will be  
used to illustrate both approaches with an eye toward future design and  
research opportunities.

BIO:
William Odom is currently a visiting Fulbright Scholar in the design  
department at the Griffith University Queensland College of Art. In 2008,  
he completed a Masters degree in Interaction Design at Indiana University,  
where he worked on several projects in the Sustainable Interaction Design  
Research Group. He has published and presented this research at several  
international venues related to human-computer interaction design. In  
September 2009, he will begin doctoral studies in the Human-Computer  
Interaction Institute and School of Design at Carnegie-Melon University.  
More information on Will Odom is available at www.willodom.com.


Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html

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Daryl Ku
PhD Candidate; Interaction Design Group Coordinator

Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
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