Make the World BetterTOOLS FOR DESIGNING BRIGHT GREEN CITIES

Xanthe Matychak (@xanthm on twitter)Saunders College of Business, RIT

Why Cities?BECAUSE OVER HALF OF THE WORLD’S POPULATIONLIVE IN CITIES

source: http://www.192021.org/

Spectrum OF APPROACHES

o-------------------------------------------------ostatus quo transformationconsumption innovationthings people

adapted from T.P. Seager

ToolsEMPATHY, DEFINITION,IDEATION, PROTOTYPING,TESTING, TELLING STORIES

adapted from Stanford d.school bootleg

EmpathizeIMMERSION AND MAPPING

ngo staff

volunteers

farmers

faith-basedworkersdistributors

residents

school workers

policy makers

Defi nePROBLEM SPACE

o------------------------------------------------owhere x is where x wants to be

IdeateMATRIX

o------------------------------------------------osafe risky

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hi tech

Prototype& TestBUILD TO LEARN

fail forward fastlather, rinse, repeat

Tell StoriesMAKE A VIDEO DRAW A COMIC BOOKWRITE A PLAYCOMPILE A PHOTO ESSAY

Leave others something to build on.

RememberTRANSFORMATION IS NO EASY TASK.

Be patient, be brave, be in it for the long haul.

Make the World BetterTOOLS FOR DESIGNING BRIGHT GREEN CITIES

Xanthe Matychak (@xanthm on twitter)Saunders College of Business, RIT