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World Usability Day 2009: Designing For A Sustainable World
In jedem Jahr wird der World Usability Day unter ein bestimmtes Motto gestellt. So auch in diesem Jahr. Der World Usability Day 2009 wird sich mit dem Thema Nachhaltigkeit beschäftigen. Hier die offizielle Ankündigung des Themas von Caryn Saitz, Executive Director www.worldusabilityday.org:
World Usability Day was founded by the Usability Professionals’ Association in 2005 to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. The focus for our 5th year anniversary is: Designing for a Sustainable World.
World Usability Day 2009 is approaching design from “Cradle to Cradle.” Coming from a user-centric perspective and looking beyond form and function, we are exploring the impact design has on our world. The “Cradle to Cradle” approach starts the design with the premise of using materials that can fully enter a new life cycle by either going back to nature or going back into the design process as a new product. This holistic approach to sustainable design shows how usability can apply to all of what we do and build.
Designing for a Sustainable World focuses on how our products and services impact our world. We look at all products and services - buildings, roads, or consumer products; business services or healthcare systems - throughout their life cycle. The impact focuses on our environment - energy, water, soil, and more. Have the materials and processes that have been used been recycled and are they re-usable? Are they user and environmentally friendly? These are questions we all must consider as we design, purchase, use and dispose of products each and every day.
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