- Case Study: 02 Moba, The Oxygen Mobility Backpack This paper documents the development of an oxygen (O2) tank carrier for adults dependent on medical oxygen, addressing the users need for comfort and safety while promoting active lifestyle choices. O2 Moba integrates two ergonomic functions: a comfortable backpack for a d-type cylinder and an adjustable rolling system ensuring improved mobility and product longevity. Usability […]
- Case Study: Lululemon – Physical Artifacts and the Actions of Beings in a Space Deb Shackleton, a colleague at Emily Carr University recently made the observation that the associative understandings we have of the world around us are a result of our innate tendencies: to socialize, to conceptualize before speaking and to co-evolve with tools. During the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver a collaborative project between Emily Carr University […]
- Case Study: Powertech – Service Oriented Strategies for Sustainability This morning, I spent two dollars on a coffee and put 834 grams of carbon into the atmosphere. That’s 417 grams per dollar, according to us carbon intensity data (us Energy). In our resource-based economy, it should come as no surprise that this can be measured, and certainly no surprise that our spending habits have […]
