For those of you -- like me -- who had no idea of what a "circular economy"
meant
Herre is the answer
But first: A marvelous teaching, instructional, and just plain useful tool.
A brilliant innovation in human-computer interaction and learning by doing.
I get an amazing number of people asking me a lot of questions. They come
in three basic types.
1. Quick, I'm a 3rd-year student at Xanadosh university, what should I
do my final project on?
2. I think you are wrong in distinguishing between affordances and
signifiers because, in the physical world, they cannot be separated
3. Can you tell me what "circular economy" means?
Questions of type 1 I try to gently discard. Sometimes I am not gentle. (I
have no idea what or where Xanadosh university is, I have no idea who you
are and what you are studying, and final projects should be something you
chose, something you care about. Anyway, that is what your professors are
for - to answer these questions
Questions of type 2 are wonderful. I try to answer, and often in the
ensuing emails I both enjoy the discussion and learn things.
Questions of type 3 are simply annoying. I often have to Google the answer
myself. I then gently (or not, depending upon how much sleep I had the
night before) try to explain to the person how to find the answer all by
themselves.
Well, some very clever people have solved that Type 3 problem for me.
The program and the website are called "Let Me Google That For You":
lmgtfy.com . Written by people who continually got asked questions that
the questioner could simply have searched for themselves.
So if someone emails you asking, what does "circular economy" mean, just
mail them back the URL below (you can make the search for anything you
wish and select what search engine or website to use to get the answer).
The result not only gives the answer, it very cleverly suggests that, hey,
here is how to do it by yourself.
so, please go to
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Circular+Economy
It is a wonderful teaching tool. And a learning one as well.
Don
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 4:04 AM, a person wrote:
>
>
> The Aalto University is organizing a one-day interdisciplinary seminar
> aiming to open new views into sustainable fashion in the circular economy
> context. New perspectives will be provided, how to see circularity as a
> design and business asset based on systems thinking in the sustainable
> development context. Furthermore existing business examples will be
> provided. International experts will provide the newest knowledge from
> design for circular economy and how to use this knowledge in the fashion
> and textile sector. The seminar will consist of presentations, a poster
> session, an exhibition and networking event.
>
> Don Norman
Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego
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Design Forward San Diego: Liberty Station. Oct. 25-27, 2017
<http://designforwardsd.com/>
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