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Sustainable Design Network, 13th seminar: Design Behaviour - Making it happen
17th October 2008
Loughborough University, Leics
Presentation: Design for Sustainable Behaviour: Easier Efficiency by Influencing Interaction

Human-Centred Design Institute 2008-9 public seminar series
28th October 2008
Brunel University, London
Presentation: Design with Intent: How designers can influence interaction and help users help themselves


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Making the user more efficient: Design for Sustainable Behaviour
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (2008)
Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Persuasive 2008, LNCS 5033 (2008)
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Architectures of Control in Product Design
Engineering Designer (2006)
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Gown Magazine (2005)
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Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Presentation given at Persuasive 2008, Oulu, Finland (2008)
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
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Design with Intent: Behaviour-Shaping through Design [coming soon]
Presentation given at New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living, Lancaster, UK (2008)
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Sustainable Design Network, 13th seminar: Design Behaviour - Making it happen
17th October 2008
Loughborough University, Leics
Presentation: Design for Sustainable Behaviour: Easier Efficiency by Influencing Interaction

Human-Centred Design Institute 2008-9 public seminar series
28th October 2008
Brunel University, London
Presentation: Design with Intent: How designers can influence interaction and help users help themselves
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Making the user more efficient: Design for Sustainable Behaviour
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (2008)
Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Persuasive 2008, LNCS 5033 (2008)
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Architectures of Control in Product Design
Engineering Designer (2006)
Designs on your... freedom
Gown Magazine (2005)
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Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Presentation given at Persuasive 2008, Oulu, Finland (2008)
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Poster presented at ResCon, Brunel University engineering & design conference (2008)
Design with Intent: Behaviour-Shaping through Design [coming soon]
Presentation given at New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living, Lancaster, UK (2008)
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why no itunes? surely that’s the king of incompatible drm?!
Wonderful, well thought and well observe.
And p.s., iPod has a “cute” DRM. Don’t like it? You can fetch programs to get rid of it. Don’t want to go through the hassle? Then do what EVERYBODY with a computer has to do, back up your files on a CD and, voila, no more DRM.