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Learning from Green Technology Designers

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2014-02-13

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Friedberg, Earl

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University of Waterloo

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This thesis presents results from a qualitative case study on environmentally minded technology designers, and provides an account of how these designers think, differ and behave. Through semi-structured interviews, we interview designers at a large mobile phone manufacturer. The responses of environmentally minded designers are contrasted with traditional designers. The findings lead to a discussion on the differing roles, tradeoffs and standards between these two groups of designers.

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designers, design, sustainability, product design, qualitative studies, human-computer interaction, computer science, sustainable interaction design, design research, hci and design

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http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8257

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Computer Science