Normally I wouldn’t like this kind of class. Discussions and group work are never my forte. But, this was one of my favorite classes that I’ve taken, for that very reason. For the entirety of this class, I was out of my comfort zone, talking to people every day and engaging in discussions. The required […]
Evaluation
April 11, 2019 by ·
Going into the evaluation process, my group had a pretty solid idea of what our concept was and how it worked. We spent plenty of time creating our prototypes and working out the details of our product and service. Sometimes, criticism and suggestions aren’t necessarily something you want, but for our group, it worked out […]
Prototyping
April 4, 2019 by ·
Like most of these processes and this project as a whole, the prototyping step was new to me. I’ve never designed anything or built anything that would resemble a service or product before. Within my group, it seemed like we had an unclear idea of what we were going to focus on. This idea of […]
Ideation
March 26, 2019 by ·
Since I’m and ESNP major and have no design experience, all of these processes are new to me. So far, the ideation process was the most complex and frustrating. I’ve never been the type to come up with stellar designs, or great business ideas, because I just don’t think that’s how my brain works. So, […]
Design Process
March 19, 2019 by ·
The design process went fairly well with out group. Surprisingly, there wasn’t much disagreement. All of us had similar ideas for what we thought Johnson & Johnson could improve upon within the sectors of the Living Principles Analysis, and those were transparency, waste, and moving from a product to a service. When looking at Johnson […]
Product Design
February 26, 2019 by ·
When it comes to product design in health and healing services, the products that are offered, especially Johnson & Johnsons, are simplistic and nothing near revolutionary. Most of their products like Tylenol, BAND-AIDs, Zyrtec, and Listerine come in single use plastic bottles or paper boxes. There is plenty of room for a breakthrough in design, […]
Being a Wise Consumer
February 19, 2019 by ·
Consumer demand in our world is at an all time high. People are materialistic and feel the need to endlessly buy buy buy. Not all consumption is bad, though. With a growing trend towards wise consumption, we can see shifts to more thoughtful and meaningful purchases from consumers. Dubbed “wise consumers”, people like these are […]
Sustainability Framework
February 12, 2019 by ·
It’s clear that none of these frameworks are perfect, and some have little practicality, but creating a plan to follow is crucial to beginning the leap into being more sustainable. Each framework that was talked about clearly had positives and negatives laid out, but to me it seemed like some would work better than others. […]
Brief Case in Sustainability Reflection
February 6, 2019 by ·
Since I was a child, my family has been stern on the fact that our environment is fragile and that we need dire change of our habits and products that are currently in our world today. So, for my life, I’ve had this interest about the outdoors and what I can do to help it. […]
Model of Well-Being
January 24, 2019 by ·
In my opinion, a loose definition of “well-being” is the state of how comfortable you are with your current lifestyle in regards to happiness, health, and prosperity. There are plenty of factors at play when it comes to defining and determining well-being, though. Sometimes it’s not about being rich, famous, or have the perfect body; […]